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Mozambique

Low income Capital: Maputo 11 regions
11%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.6M people.
MODEL178th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.6M
of 14.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.7%
96.3K people
People in workILO
14.6M
51% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$627
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
21%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.26
156th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
35.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
7%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
84%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
37%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 10%
Men: any exposure 11%
Women: highest exposure 0.6%
Men: highest exposure 0.8%

Men are +0.9 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Mozambique 11%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

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

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.26 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Mozambique 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 Mozambique