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Maldives

Upper-middle income Capital: Male 21 regions
30%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 77K people.
MODEL57th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
77K
of 260K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.4%
14K people
People in workILO
260K
23% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
15.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$14,615
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
85%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
—
PopulationWORLD BANK
530K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
49%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
17%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
43%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 6.8%
Men: highest exposure 4.9%

Women are +5.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Maldives 30%
Upper-middle income 21%
South Asia 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MaldivesUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.10
Human capital & labour policy 0.08
Innovation & integration —
Regulation & ethics 0.12

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Maldives 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 Maldives