AI & jobs · Country profile

Singapore

High income Capital: Singapore 5 regions
39%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.4M people.
MODEL6th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.4M
of 3.5M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
233K people
People in workILO
3.5M
44% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.8%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$98,814
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
94%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.80
1st of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
6.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
97%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
9%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
100%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 45%
Men: any exposure 35%
Women: highest exposure 9.5%
Men: highest exposure 4.4%

Women are +10.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Singapore 39%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
SingaporeHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.21
Human capital & labour policy 0.20
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.22

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.80 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Singapore 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 Singapore