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Uzbekistan

Lower-middle income Capital: Tashkent 14 regions
22%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 3M people.
MODEL110th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
3M
of 14M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.8%
534K people
People in workILO
14M
35% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
4.6%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,968
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
90%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
—
PopulationWORLD BANK
37.1M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
60%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
33%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
51%

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 17%
Women: highest exposure 6.3%
Men: highest exposure 2.5%

Women are +12.9 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Uzbekistan 22%
Lower-middle income 16%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
UzbekistanLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.11
Human capital & labour policy 0.13
Innovation & integration —
Regulation & ethics 0.11

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

Exposure vs preparedness

Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan