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Romania

High income Capital: Bucharest 42 regions
25%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.9M people.
MODEL80th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.9M
of 7.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.7%
288K people
People in workILO
7.7M
43% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
6.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
24.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$22,538
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
91%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.58
40th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
19M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
55%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
13%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
52%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 34%
Men: any exposure 18%
Women: highest exposure 5.5%
Men: highest exposure 2.5%

Women are +15.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Romania 25%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
RomaniaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.15
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.15
Regulation & ethics 0.15

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.58 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Romania 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 Romania