AI & jobs · Country profile

Mali

Low income Capital: Bamako 9 regions
13%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.2M people.
MODEL169th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.2M
of 8.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
82.9K people
People in workILO
8.9M
39% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,193
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
37%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.30
147th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
25.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
5%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
76%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
32%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 15%
Men: any exposure 12%
Women: highest exposure 1.1%
Men: highest exposure 0.9%

Women are +2.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

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

AI preparedness

IMF
MaliLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.08
Innovation & integration 0.08
Regulation & ethics 0.08

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.30 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Mali 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 Mali