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Thailand

Upper-middle income Capital: Bangkok 77 regions
20%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 8M people.
MODEL126th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
8M
of 40.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.0%
1.2M people
People in workILO
40.6M
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
0.8%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
4.5%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$8,057
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
91%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.54
52nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
71.6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
49%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
48%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
63%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 25%
Men: any exposure 15%
Women: highest exposure 4.5%
Men: highest exposure 1.8%

Women are +10.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Thailand 20%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
ThailandUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.14
Human capital & labour policy 0.14
Innovation & integration 0.12
Regulation & ethics 0.13

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.54 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Thailand 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 Thailand