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Nigeria

Lower-middle income Capital: Abuja 37 regions
16%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 18.6M people.
MODEL152nd of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
18.6M
of 113M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.3%
1.5M people
People in workILO
113M
48% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
5.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,224
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
41%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.34
132nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
237.5M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
10%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
66%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
64%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 20%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 1.5%
Men: highest exposure 1.1%

Women are +6.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Nigeria 16%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
NigeriaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.07

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.34 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Nigeria 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 Nigeria