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Malaysia

Upper-middle income Capital: Kuala Lumpur 16 regions
29%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 5.3M people.
MODEL58th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
5.3M
of 18M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.8%
1M people
People in workILO
18M
37% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$13,125
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
98%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.63
34th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
36M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
39%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
22%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
77%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 41%
Men: any exposure 23%
Women: highest exposure 10.1%
Men: highest exposure 3.3%

Women are +17.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Malaysia 29%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MalaysiaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.14
Regulation & ethics 0.17

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.63 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Malaysia 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 Malaysia