AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Afghanistan

Herat

Province AF-HER Largest city: Herat
12%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 12% (+0.4 pts).
MODEL8th of 34 regions50.2K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.8M
as of 2012
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.1%
3rd largest of 34
People in workMODEL
414K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.7%
national 0.6%
Area
55.4K km²
32 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
28% live in major cities
Largest city
Herat
481K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

The Anthropic Economic Index does not publish usage for this region. Regions below a minimum number of sampled conversations are left out.

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Herat Afghanistan
Agriculture 48.0%
Retail & wholesale 13.5%
Construction 13.1%
Manufacturing 6.6%
Transport & logistics 6.0%
Public admin 4.9%
Education 3.0%
Other services 1.6%
Business services 0.9%
Health & care 0.8%
Hospitality 0.7%
Mining 0.4%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.3%
Finance 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 13.3K Retail & wholesale 12.6K Public admin 5,992 Education 4,967 Construction 3,833 Manufacturing 2,822 Transport & logistics 2,418 Health & care 1,132

Ranking in Afghanistan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

5Kunduz 13% 6Baghlan 12% 7Faryab 12% 8Herat 12% 9Paktia 12% 10Jowzjan 12% 11Nimruz 12%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Afghanistan's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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