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Tunisia

Lower-middle income Capital: Tunis 23 regions
22%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 795K people.
MODEL109th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
795K
of 3.6M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.3%
121K people
People in workILO
3.6M
28% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
15.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
38.1%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$4,657
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
77%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.47
83rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
12.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
38%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
18%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
71%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 30%
Men: any exposure 19%
Women: highest exposure 5.5%
Men: highest exposure 2.5%

Women are +10.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Tunisia 22%
Lower-middle income 16%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
TunisiaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration 0.10
Regulation & ethics 0.12

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.47 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Tunisia 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 Tunisia