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Peru

Upper-middle income Capital: Lima 26 regions
21%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3.9M people.
MODEL112th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3.9M
of 18.3M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.7%
673K people
People in workILO
18.3M
45% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
9.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$9,684
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
82%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.49
72nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
34.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
71%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
48%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
86%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 25%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 4.3%
Men: highest exposure 3.2%

Women are +6.3 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Peru 21%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
PeruUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.12
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.49 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Peru 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 Peru