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Lesotho

Lower-middle income Capital: Maseru 10 regions
12%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 92.6K people.
MODEL171st of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
92.6K
of 744K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.0%
7,624 people
People in workILO
744K
43% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
16.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
24.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,089
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
52%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.36
124th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
2.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
33%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
45%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 14%
Men: any exposure 11%
Women: highest exposure 1.3%
Men: highest exposure 0.8%

Women are +3.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Lesotho 12%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
LesothoLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.07
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.08
Regulation & ethics 0.11

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.36 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Lesotho is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Lesotho