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Macao

High income 1 regions
45%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 184K people.
MODEL1st of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
184K
of 413K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
14.0%
58K people
People in workILO
413K
51% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$75,902
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
90%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
—
PopulationWORLD BANK
686K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
142%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
3%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
100%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 54%
Men: any exposure 35%
Women: highest exposure 19.2%
Men: highest exposure 8.6%

Women are +19.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Macao 45%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MacaoHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.16
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration —
Regulation & ethics 0.14

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Macao 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 Macao