AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Sector

Arts, recreation & other services

22%
of this sector’s 193.6M jobs worldwide are exposed to generative AI, about 42.9M people.
MODELAll sectors: 21%

Key numbers

Jobs worldwideILO
193.6M
5.4% of all jobs
Exposed workersMODEL
42.9M
5.7% of all exposed
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.7%
5.1M people
Women’s shareILO
58%
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 30%
Upper-middle income 20%
Lower-middle income 21%
Low income 18%

Most exposed

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Share of the sector’s jobs exposed.

1Taiwan 38% 2Luxembourg 35% 3Switzerland 34% 4Japan 34% 5Puerto Rico 33% 6Singapore 33% 7New Zealand 33% 8Germany 33% 9Montenegro 32% 10Sweden 32%

Most exposed workers

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1China 5.9M 2India 4M 3Brazil 2.8M 4United States 2.8M 5Japan 1.6M 6Ethiopia 1.6M 7Indonesia 1.5M 8Russian Federation 1.1M 9Mexico 1.1M 10Nigeria 939K

Biggest employer (share of jobs)

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1Djibouti 31.1% 2Jordan 29.9% 3Kuwait 26.9% 4Somalia 19.7% 5Saudi Arabia 19.0% 6Comoros 18.8% 7Ethiopia 17.1% 8Solomon Islands 17.0% 9Dominican Republic 14.8% 10São Tomé and Principe 14.6%

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% Transport & logistics 19% Manufacturing 15% Mining 13% Construction 10% Agriculture 7%

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