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Pakistan

Lower-middle income Capital: Islamabad 8 regions
15%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 11.8M people.
MODEL161st of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
11.8M
of 80.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
1.1M people
People in workILO
80.5M
22% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,596
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
57%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
119th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
255.2M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
11%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
56%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
40%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 11%
Men: any exposure 16%
Women: highest exposure 0.7%
Men: highest exposure 1.5%

Men are +4.1 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.

How it compares

MODEL
Pakistan 15%
Lower-middle income 16%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
PakistanLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.10
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.11

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Pakistan 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 Pakistan