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Montenegro

Upper-middle income Capital: Podgorica 21 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 91.8K people.
MODEL27th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
91.8K
of 260K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.5%
16.9K people
People in workILO
260K
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
13.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
24.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$14,817
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
89%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.50
64th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
623K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
55%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
14%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
66%

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 29%
Women: highest exposure 8.2%
Men: highest exposure 5.0%

Women are +12.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Montenegro 35%
Upper-middle income 21%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MontenegroUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.11
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.50 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Montenegro 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 Montenegro