AI & jobs · Country profile

Philippines

Upper-middle income Capital: Manila 118 regions
23%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 11.9M people.
MODEL94th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
11.9M
of 51M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.5%
2.3M people
People in workILO
51M
42% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.2%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
7.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,171
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
67%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.50
67th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
116.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
47%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
34%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
56%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 31%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 6.4%
Men: highest exposure 3.2%

Women are +13.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Philippines 23%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
PhilippinesUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.10
Human capital & labour policy 0.15
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.12

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.50 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Philippines 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 Philippines