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Sierra Leone

Low income Capital: Freetown 4 regions
16%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 443K people.
MODEL156th of 183 most exposed World 21%Low income 13%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
443K
of 2.8M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.0%
29.1K people
People in workILO
2.8M
49% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
3.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$846
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
25%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.30
145th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
8.8M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
2%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
86%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
46%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 17%
Men: any exposure 14%
Women: highest exposure 1.0%
Men: highest exposure 1.1%

Women are +2.5 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Sierra Leone 16%
Low income 13%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Sierra LeoneLow income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.08
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.08

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.30 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone