AI & jobs · Country profile
Saudi Arabia
30%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 5M people.
MODEL55th of 183 most exposed
World 21%High income 35%
Key numbers
Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
5M
of 16.7M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.3%
713K people
People in workILO
16.7M
18% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
10.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$34,537
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
100%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.58
44th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
37M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
84%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
2%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
85%
Women and men
MODELBased on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).
Women are +15.2 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.
How it compares
MODELAI preparedness
IMFSaudi ArabiaHigh income average
IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.58 (0–1 scale).
Exposure vs preparedness
Saudi Arabia 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.