AI Job Risk in Pakistan 2026 - Which Occupations Are Most at Risk?

Name: Pakistan AI Job Risk and Workforce Data
Creator: WorldJobsData
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All Occupations Ranked by AI Exposure

9 ISCO-08 occupation groups · data year 2025 · Tier C ILO employment data with gender breakdown and time-series 2010–2025

ISCO	Occupation Group	AI Exposure	Robotics Risk	WFH Potential	Employment
4	Clerical support workers	8.5/10	2.5/10	8.5/10	1.4M
2	Professionals	6.5/10	1.5/10	7.5/10	4.7M
1	Managers	5.5/10	1.5/10	7.0/10	1.8M
3	Technicians and associate professionals	5.5/10	3.5/10	4.5/10	3.4M
5	Service and sales workers	3.5/10	4.5/10	1.5/10	13.1M
6	Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	3.0/10	6.5/10	1.0/10	22.9M
8	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	3.0/10	7.5/10	1.0/10	6.3M
7	Craft and related trades workers	2.5/10	4.5/10	1.0/10	10.3M
9	Elementary occupations	2.0/10	5.5/10	0.5/10	13.8M

AI/robotics/WFH scores are research-based estimates (Frey-Osborne, OECD, IMF 2024), not official statistics. Hover occupation name for rationale. Employment from: ILO ILOSTAT (CC BY 4.0).

AI Disruption Context

World Bank indicators showing when disruption will arrive and how resilient the workforce is.

Risk Velocity

0.3/10

Disruption distant (12+ years)

Recovery Resilience

4.4/10

Medium resilience - partial safety net

Demographic Alignment

Entry-level job destroyer

Young population depends on entry-level jobs automation eliminates

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) - IT.NET.BBND.P2, IT.NET.SECR.P6, HD_HCIP_OTJL_TO, SP social protection indicators.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which job is most at risk from AI in Pakistan?

Clerical support workers has the highest AI exposure score in Pakistan at 8.5/10. This occupation involves routine information handling that current AI systems can perform effectively.

What is the average AI exposure score in Pakistan?

The workforce-weighted average AI exposure score in Pakistan is 3.3/10, covering 77.6M workers across 9 occupation groups. Each group is weighted by its share of total employment.

Which jobs are safest from AI in Pakistan?

Elementary occupations has the lowest AI exposure score in Pakistan at 2.0/10. These roles require physical presence or manual dexterity in unpredictable environments that current AI cannot automate at scale.

When will AI disruption arrive in Pakistan?

Based on digital infrastructure readiness, Pakistan scores 0.3/10 for AI Risk Velocity. Disruption distant (12+ years). This is derived from World Bank broadband and secure internet server data.

How well can Pakistan's workforce adapt to AI disruption?

Pakistan scores 4.4/10 for Workforce Recovery Capacity. Medium resilience - partial safety net. This combines the World Bank Human Capital Index on-the-job learning score and social protection coverage data.

Is automation good or bad for Pakistan's workforce?

Pakistan is classified as 'Entry-level job destroyer'. Young population depends on entry-level jobs automation eliminates. This is based on World Bank old-age dependency ratio and fertility rate data.

Where does the Pakistan workforce data come from?

The Pakistan data comes from: ILO ILOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). All data is from official government or intergovernmental sources and is freely available at worldjobsdata.com.

In-depth analysis

Pakistan - Analysis Coming Soon

We publish country analyses weekly. See what is live →

Stay informed

Get notified when Pakistan data updates

One email when new country data drops or a country analysis publishes. No spam.

Compare Pakistan with Other Countries

Explore how AI exposure, wages and workforce composition differ across the world.

Open Pakistan in the interactive tool → · Browse all 206 countries →

AI Job Risk in Pakistan - Which Occupations Are Most at Risk?

All Occupations Ranked by AI Exposure

AI Disruption Context

Frequently Asked Questions

Get notified when Pakistan data updates

Compare Pakistan with Other Countries