AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Sector

Public administration & defence

43%
of this sector’s 148.8M jobs worldwide are exposed to generative AI, about 63.8M people.
MODELAll sectors: 21%

Key numbers

Jobs worldwideILO
148.8M
4.2% of all jobs
Exposed workersMODEL
63.8M
8.4% of all exposed
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
10.1%
15M people
Women’s shareILO
38%
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 49%
Upper-middle income 42%
Lower-middle income 37%
Low income 37%

Most exposed

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Share of the sector’s jobs exposed.

1Macao 61% 2Japan 60% 3Puerto Rico 56% 4Djibouti 55% 5Republic of Korea 55% 6Germany 54% 7Taiwan 53% 8Switzerland 53% 9Italy 52% 10Greece 52%

Most exposed workers

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1China 18.6M 2India 3.4M 3United States 3.2M 4Brazil 2.5M 5Russian Federation 2.2M 6Indonesia 2M 7Japan 1.8M 8Germany 1.7M 9Philippines 1.4M 10United Kingdom 1.2M

Biggest employer (share of jobs)

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1French Polynesia 22.2% 2Brunei Darussalam 19.9% 3Kuwait 16.9% 4Botswana 16.6% 5Libya 16.3% 6Iraq 15.7% 7Syria 15.7% 8Maldives 15.6% 9Algeria 14.9% 10Tonga 14.1%

Other sectors

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Finance 56% ICT & software 44% Education 44% Health & care 41% Business services 36% Retail & wholesale 29% Utilities 26% Hospitality 23% Other services 22% Transport & logistics 19% Manufacturing 15% Mining 13% Construction 10% Agriculture 7%

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