World regions ranked by employment in potentially exposed occupations; percent, 2025 study.
5 world regions are ranked by the share of employment in occupations with some potential generative-AI exposure in the ILO 2025 study. The percentages are rounded model-based estimates and do not measure actual AI use, automation or job displacement. Europe and Central Asia ranks first at 32%, representing about 136 million workers in potentially exposed occupations. Americas ranks second at 29%, while Africa records 19%.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Europe and Central Asia | 32% | 2025 study |
| 2 | Americas | 29% | 2025 study |
| 3 | Arab States | 25% | 2025 study |
| 4 | Asia and the Pacific | 22% | 2025 study |
| 5 | Africa | 19% | 2025 study |
Source 1: Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Dataset/table: Global estimates of occupations potentially exposed to GenAI
Units: percent of employment
Date checked: 2026-07-16
Evidence: Supports the total employment-exposure shares and exposed-employment counts for the 5 compared groups.
Percentages are rounded model-based estimates of employment in occupations with some potential exposure. They do not measure actual AI use, automation or job displacement.
The comparison uses total-employment estimates from Figure 20 of ILO Working Paper 140 and excludes the World benchmark from the ranking.
Every row uses the same ILO study edition, exposure definition and percent-of-employment unit.
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