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Comparative
These diagnostics are the quickest way to see what the atlas adds beyond a simple ranking.
Thematic
These stories translate the main reading rules of the atlas into a short interpretive guide.
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What stands out, what the average hides, and where to compare next.
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Featured comparative diagnostic
Similar regional setting, different exposure structure.
Kenya sits above Zambia on average exposure and on the share of tasks in the high-exposure range, but both countries still lean more toward augmentation than substitution.
This comparison shows what the atlas adds beyond a ranking: two related economies can occupy different positions in the exposure distribution without shifting into completely different modes of exposure.
Current comparisons
Thematic diagnostic
The atlas separates how exposed work is from whether automation supports or replaces the worker.
Higher exposure does not automatically imply replacement. Some countries stay augmentation-heavy as exposure rises; others tilt toward substitution once pathways come into view.
This thematic diagnostic pulls the core interpretation together in one place. It helps readers avoid the most common mistake on this topic: treating exposure as a synonym for realized job replacement.
Latest country diagnostic
China sits well above the current East Asia & Pacific median on average task exposure and leans clearly more toward substitution than augmentation. The strongest signals concentrate in tellers, billing, postal clerks, brokerage clerks, and other transaction-heavy routines, while a strong goods-facing automation proxy keeps the country from reading like a service-only case.
Country diagnostics
Zambia
Zambia sits above the current Sub-Saharan Africa median on average task exposure, but its profile still leans more toward augmentation than substitution. The strongest signals are concentrated in clerical, accounting, and digitally mediated service work, with specialized domain tools and software-heavy tasks doing most of the work.
Kenya
Kenya combines a higher average exposure level than Zambia with a similarly augmentation-heavy overall profile. The strongest signals again sit in administrative, clerical, and digitally mediated service work, making Kenya a natural comparative case for policy discussion in East Africa.
Country diagnostics
India
India sits above the current South Asia median on average task exposure and leans more toward substitution than augmentation, but it does not look like a simple high-exposure frontier case. The strongest signals cluster in travel, payroll, bookkeeping, document handling, and other administrative routines, while the trade-facing layer remains much less intense than in Viet Nam.
Country diagnostics
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom sits above the current Europe & Central Asia median on average task exposure and leans clearly more toward substitution than augmentation. The strongest signals concentrate in medical secretarial, bookkeeping, payroll, billing, and other document-heavy administrative routines, making the country a useful advanced-economy contrast to the earlier Africa and South Asia diagnostics.
Country diagnostics
United States
The United States sits high in the country-conditioned exposure distribution and leans more toward substitution than augmentation, but it does not read like a narrow manufacturing case. The strongest signals concentrate in tellers, billing, brokerage, reception, customer service, scheduling, and other document-heavy routines, making it a useful diagnostic for how advanced service work appears inside the atlas.
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