AI & jobs · Country profile

Norway

High income Capital: Oslo 21 regions
36%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.1M people.
MODEL17th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.1M
of 3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
149K people
People in workILO
3M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
13.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$94,594
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
99%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.71
19th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
96%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
4%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
84%

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 32%
Women: highest exposure 5.6%
Men: highest exposure 4.5%

Women are +8.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Norway 36%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
NorwayHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.17
Human capital & labour policy 0.17
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.21

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.71 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Norway 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 Norway