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Mining & quarrying

13%
of this sector’s 22.6M jobs worldwide are exposed to generative AI, about 2.9M people.
MODELAll sectors: 21%

Key numbers

Jobs worldwideILO
22.6M
0.6% of all jobs
Exposed workersMODEL
2.9M
0.4% of all exposed
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.7%
379K people
Women’s shareILO
17%
of the sector’s jobs

By income level

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In most sectors exposure rises with income, because more of the sector’s jobs are clerical, technical or professional.

High income 18%
Upper-middle income 12%
Lower-middle income 11%
Low income 11%

Most exposed

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Share of the sector’s jobs exposed.

1Singapore 27% 2Luxembourg 26% 3Switzerland 25% 4Japan 24% 5Netherlands 24% 6Germany 23% 7Oman 23% 8Republic of the Congo 22% 9Denmark 22% 10Macao 22%

Most exposed workers

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1China 437K 2Russian Federation 268K 3Indonesia 204K 4India 178K 5Congo, Dem. Rep. 141K 6United States 86.6K 7Brazil 74.9K 8Burkina Faso 69.4K 9South Africa 65.3K 10Canada 62.2K

Biggest employer (share of jobs)

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1São Tomé and Principe 7.2% 2Mongolia 5.7% 3New Caledonia 4.8% 4Guyana 4.7% 5Burkina Faso 4.6% 6United Arab Emirates 4.5% 7Kuwait 4.3% 8Brunei Darussalam 4.2% 9Lesotho 3.8% 10Zimbabwe 3.8%

Other sectors

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Finance 56% ICT & software 44% Education 44% Public admin 43% Health & care 41% Business services 36% Retail & wholesale 29% Utilities 26% Hospitality 23% Other services 22% Transport & logistics 19% Manufacturing 15% Construction 10% Agriculture 7%

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