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Madagascar

Low income Capital: Antananarivo 22 regions
10%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.7M people.
MODEL180th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.7M
of 16.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.8%
131K people
People in workILO
16.6M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
5.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$599
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
19%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.31
143rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
32.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
6%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
84%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
33%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 11%
Men: any exposure 10%
Women: highest exposure 0.8%
Men: highest exposure 0.8%

Women are +1.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Madagascar 10%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MadagascarLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.07
Regulation & ethics 0.09

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.31 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Madagascar 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 Madagascar