AI & jobs · Country profile

Samoa

Upper-middle income Capital: Apia 11 regions
22%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 12.1K people.
MODEL106th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
12.1K
of 54.9K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.0%
1,659 people
People in workILO
54.9K
36% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.0%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
13.0%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$5,873
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
21%
of population
PopulationWORLD BANK
219K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
16%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
42%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
18%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 31%
Men: any exposure 17%
Women: highest exposure 5.1%
Men: highest exposure 1.9%

Women are +14.1 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Samoa 22%
Upper-middle income 21%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Samoa