v2026.1· updated October 2026
The index rates every one of 18,796 occupational task statements for how much of it a current AI agent could carry out, from helping a person to finishing the job alone, and carries the ratings to 433 occupations and 146 countries.
of task time in world employment is at least partly delegable to AI agents in 2026. Only 2.5% can be handed over in full.
[Low income22.5%17 countries](https://balamlabs.org/adi/countries?income=low)
[Lower-middle income28.3%33 countries](https://balamlabs.org/adi/countries?income=lower-middle)
[Upper-middle income35.0%43 countries](https://balamlabs.org/adi/countries?income=upper-middle)
[High income48.7%53 countries](https://balamlabs.org/adi/countries?income=high)
The delegation divide. Each log point of GDP per capita adds 7.23 percentage points of delegable work.
Open the country atlas of task time can be handed over to an agent in full, given only the goal and access.
Full delegation is most likely for tasks that take a person about twelve minutes.
agreement of a blind human rating of 300 tasks, led by a coauthor with student raters, with the models.
correlation between delegability and AI use across 101 countries (Anthropic Economic Index).
Office work is the most delegable; manual work the least #
Share of task weight an agent can at least partly take over, averaged over unit groups with world employment weights. Whiskers: 95% bootstrap interval.
All 433 occupations | # | Major group | ADI, % of task time at L2–L3 | ADI | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 of 9 | [1 · Managers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=1) | | 81.8 | 78.1–85.1 |
| 2 of 9 | [4 · Clerical support workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=4) | | 78.3 | 74.7–81.7 |
| 3 of 9 | [2 · Professionals](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=2) | | 69.9 | 67.9–71.9 |
| 4 of 9 | 3 · Technicians and associate professionals | | 64.4 | 62.5–66.4 | | 5 of 9 | 5 · Service and sales workers | | 39.6 | 34.8–44.6 | | 6 of 9 | 8 · Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 18.4 | 13.1–23.8 | | 7 of 9 | 6 · Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 17.4 | 14.0–21.3 | | 8 of 9 | 7 · Craft and related trades workers | | 17.4 | 15.5–19.5 |
| 9 of 9 | 9 · Elementary occupations | | 12.3 | 9.1–16.2 | | # | Major group | ADI3, % of task time at L3 (scale 0–10) | ADI3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 of 9 | [4 · Clerical support workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=4) | | 18.4 |
| 2 of 9 | [3 · Technicians and associate professionals](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=3) | | 4.5 |
| 3 of 9 | [5 · Service and sales workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=5) | | 3.4 |
| 4 of 9 | [2 · Professionals](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=2) | | 2.4 |
| 5 of 9 | [8 · Plant and machine operators and assemblers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=8) | | 1.7 |
| 6 of 9 | [1 · Managers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=1) | | 1.5 |
| 7 of 9 | 6 · Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 0.7 |
| 8 of 9 | [7 · Craft and related trades workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=7) | | 0.4 |
| 9 of 9 | [9 · Elementary occupations](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=9) | | 0.2 |
| Major group | Physical presence | Accountability | Trust and care | Access to systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1 · Managers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=1) | 21% | 36% | 52% | 74% |
| [2 · Professionals](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=2) | 33% | 45% | 50% | 64% |
| 3 · Technicians and associate professionals | 44% | 40% | 38% | 71% |
| [4 · Clerical support workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=4) | 35% | 11% | 18% | 70% |
| [5 · Service and sales workers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations?group=5) | 72% | 19% | 44% | 61% |
| 6 · Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 90% | 27% | 17% | 62% | | 7 · Craft and related trades workers | 88% | 22% | 8% | 44% | | 8 · Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 86% | 30% | 14% | 66% |
| 9 · Elementary occupations | 94% | 16% | 11% | 45% | Share of task weight flagged by each barrier. Barriers are not exclusive. Bold: 60% or more.
Find your job or country in the index #
| Most delegable | ADI |
|---|---|
| [Coding, proof-reading and related clerks](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/4413) 4413 | 100.0 |
| [Contact centre salespersons](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/5244) 5244 | 100.0 |
| Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified 4419 | 100.0 |
| [Payroll clerks](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/4313) 4313 | 100.0 |
| [Accounting associate professionals](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/3313) 3313 | 100.0 |
| Least delegable | ADI |
| [Hand launderers and pressers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9121) 9121 | 0.0 |
| [Civil engineering labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9312) 9312 | 0.0 |
| [Mining and quarrying labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9311) 9311 | 0.0 |
| [Laundry machine operators](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/8157) 8157 | 0.0 |
| Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers 7114 | 0.0 |
| Most delegable | ADI3 |
|---|---|
| [Coding, proof-reading and related clerks](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/4413) 4413 | 67.7 |
| Typists and word processing operators 4131 | 61.9 |
| [Contact centre salespersons](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/5244) 5244 | 43.1 |
| [Receptionists (general)](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/4226) 4226 | 41.5 |
| Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified 4419 | 41.1 | | Least delegable | ADI3 |
| [Civil engineering labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9312) 9312 | 0.0 |
| [Mining and quarrying labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9311) 9311 | 0.0 |
| [Forestry labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9215) 9215 | 0.0 |
| [Hand launderers and pressers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9121) 9121 | 0.0 |
| [Pulp and papermaking plant operators](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/8171) 8171 | 0.0 |
| Most delegable | ADIs |
|---|---|
| [Coding, proof-reading and related clerks](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/4413) 4413 | 79.6 |
| [Contact centre salespersons](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/5244) 5244 | 79.0 |
| Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified 4419 | 75.0 | | Payroll clerks 4313 | 73.9 | | Typists and word processing operators 4131 | 73.8 | | Least delegable | ADIs |
| [Hand launderers and pressers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9121) 9121 | 5.0 |
| [Civil engineering labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9312) 9312 | 5.3 |
| [Kitchen helpers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9412) 9412 | 5.5 |
| [Mining and quarrying labourers](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/9311) 9311 | 5.9 |
| [Laundry machine operators](https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/8157) 8157 | 6.4 |
Richer countries have more work agents can take over #
Each flag is one of 146 countries. The ADI rises 7.23 points per log point of GDP per capita; income alone explains 71% of the spread.
Explore 146 countries Balam Labs · Agent Delegability Index v2026.1 · balamlabs.org/adi
Full delegation peaks for tasks of about twelve minutes #
The chance that an agent can finish a task end to end on its own rises with task duration up to 11.8 minutes of human work and falls for longer, multi-step tasks.
Methodology Hover or focus a dot to inspect one of the 20 task-duration bins. Very short tasks are often physical or interpersonal moments; long tasks bundle steps that still need human review.
Balam Labs · Agent Delegability Index v2026.1 · balamlabs.org/adi
- 22 Oct 2026The Delegation Divide on arXivThe paper: method, the four preregistered hypotheses and their tests. arXiv:2610.30752 [econ.GN]. Paper
- 22 Oct 2026The Delegation Divide: ADI Report 2026.1The results in 48 pages for policy and general readers, with a profile of Colombia by sex, age and formality. Report
- 22 Oct 2026Dataset v2026.1 on ZenodoRatings for every task, scores for every occupation and country, the rubric, and the code that builds them. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23552918 Data
- Oct 2026Preregistration on OSFHypotheses, rubric and analysis plan were registered before the main scoring run. Deviations are listed in the methodology. Changes
Query and cite the index from code #
Every record carries its citation. No key, no rate limit.
/adi/v2026.1/isco/2512.json
One static file per occupation and per country.
pip install "adi-index @ git+https://github.com/Cespial/delegation-divide#subdirectory=herramientas/adi-index"
Then adi lookup 2512.
claude mcp add adi -- adi-mcp
Four tools: lookup, country profile, top occupations, cite.