AI & jobs · Country profile
Timor-Leste
21%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 130K people.
MODEL115th of 183 most exposed
World 21%Lower-middle income 16%
Key numbers
Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
130K
of 625K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.7%
10.6K people
People in workILO
625K
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
1.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
3.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$1,341
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
35%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.43
97th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
1.4M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
31%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
59%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
29%
Women and men
MODELBased on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).
Men are +1.1 pts more exposed here. Women’s jobs are concentrated in less-exposed work such as agriculture and care.
How it compares
MODELAI preparedness
IMFTimor-LesteLower-middle income average
IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.43 (0–1 scale).
Exposure vs preparedness
Timor-Leste 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.