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Zimbabwe

Lower-middle income Capital: Harare 10 regions
14%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 846K people.
MODEL164th of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
846K
of 6.2M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.1%
67.7K people
People in workILO
6.2M
50% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
9.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
15.6%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$3,021
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
42%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.31
144th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
17M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
8%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
68%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
41%

Women and men

MODEL

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

Women: any exposure 14%
Men: any exposure 13%
Women: highest exposure 1.1%
Men: highest exposure 1.1%

Women are +1.6 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Zimbabwe 14%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
ZimbabweLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.06
Human capital & labour policy 0.09
Innovation & integration 0.09
Regulation & ethics 0.06

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.31 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe