AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Afghanistan

Kabul

Province AF-KAB Capital region Largest city: Kabul
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 12% (+3.2 pts).
MODEL1st of 34 regions203K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.8M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
16.6%
1st largest of 34
People in workMODEL
1.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
national 0.6%
Area
4,420 km²
1,305 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
57% live in major cities
Largest city
Kabul
3.3M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Kabul Afghanistan
Agriculture 24.6%
Retail & wholesale 19.8%
Construction 18.0%
Manufacturing 8.7%
Transport & logistics 8.5%
Public admin 8.2%
Education 4.0%
Other services 2.3%
Business services 2.0%
Health & care 1.2%
Hospitality 1.0%
ICT & software 0.7%
Mining 0.5%
Utilities 0.5%
Finance 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 60.2K Public admin 33.2K Agriculture 22.3K Education 21.8K Construction 17.3K Manufacturing 12.2K Transport & logistics 11.2K Business services 5,502

Ranking in Afghanistan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

1Kabul 15% 2Nangarhar 13% 3Balkh 13% 4Kandahar 13% 5Kunduz 13% 6Baghlan 12% 7Faryab 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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