Automation Exposure by country
Share of work activities potentially automatable by 2030 (McKinsey Generative AI estimates). Higher = more labour-displacement pressure from AI and automation. Service-heavy economies face higher exposure than agrarian ones.
Global trend
Mean stress score across all countries for which data is available, over the last 12 months.
Where the pressure is concentrated
The five most-affected and five least-affected countries on this indicator right now.
Most affected
- 1UAE33.0 %88
- 2South Korea33.0 %88
- 3Singapore32.0 %82
- 4Turkey32.0 %82
- 5France30.0 %71
Least affected
- 1India21.0 %18
- 2Brazil24.0 %35
- 3South Africa25.0 %41
- 4New Zealand25.0 %41
- 5Switzerland25.0 %41
Full ranking
All 25 tracked countries, ordered from most to least affected. Click any country to see its full composite breakdown.
| # | Country | Raw value | Stress score | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UAE | 33.0 % | 88.2 | 2023-12-31 |
| 2 | South Korea | 33.0 % | 88.2 | 2023-12-31 |
| 3 | Singapore | 32.0 % | 82.4 | 2023-12-31 |
| 4 | Turkey | 32.0 % | 82.4 | 2023-12-31 |
| 5 | France | 30.0 % | 70.6 | 2023-12-31 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 30.0 % | 70.6 | 2023-12-31 |
| 7 | Israel | 30.0 % | 70.6 | 2023-12-31 |
| 8 | Poland | 30.0 % | 70.6 | 2023-12-31 |
| 9 | United States | 30.0 % | 70.6 | 2023-12-31 |
| 10 | Canada | 28.0 % | 58.8 | 2023-12-31 |
| 11 | Germany | 28.0 % | 58.8 | 2023-12-31 |
| 12 | Spain | 28.0 % | 58.8 | 2023-12-31 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 28.0 % | 58.8 | 2023-12-31 |
| 14 | Australia | 27.0 % | 52.9 | 2023-12-31 |
| 15 | Italy | 27.0 % | 52.9 | 2023-12-31 |
| 16 | Japan | 27.0 % | 52.9 | 2023-12-31 |
| 17 | Sweden | 27.0 % | 52.9 | 2023-12-31 |
| 18 | Argentina | 26.0 % | 47.1 | 2023-12-31 |
| 19 | Mexico | 26.0 % | 47.1 | 2023-12-31 |
| 20 | Norway | 26.0 % | 47.1 | 2023-12-31 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 25.0 % | 41.2 | 2023-12-31 |
| 22 | New Zealand | 25.0 % | 41.2 | 2023-12-31 |
| 23 | South Africa | 25.0 % | 41.2 | 2023-12-31 |
| 24 | Brazil | 24.0 % | 35.3 | 2023-12-31 |
| 25 | India | 21.0 % | 17.6 | 2023-12-31 |
Why it matters
Automation Exposure is a contributing indicator to the Technological meta-index, one of the five dimensions of The Human Index composite. Higher raw value = more stress.
Movements in this indicator are tracked daily and feed into every country's composite score on the next cron cycle.
Recent analysis
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Raw values are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale per the bounds documented in the codebase. See methodology for the full normalization and band-threshold derivation.