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Malta

High income Capital: Valletta 68 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 103K people.
MODEL28th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
103K
of 295K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.4%
18.9K people
People in workILO
295K
42% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.9%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
8.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$47,907
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
94%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.66
26th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
580K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
81%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
10%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
96%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 42%
Men: any exposure 30%
Women: highest exposure 8.4%
Men: highest exposure 5.0%

Women are +12.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Malta 35%
High income 35%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MaltaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.19

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.66 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Malta 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 Malta