AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Afghanistan

Kandahar

Province AF-KAN Largest city: Kandahar
13%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 12% (+0.9 pts).
MODEL4th of 34 regions42.6K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.4M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.1%
7th largest of 34
People in workMODEL
336K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.7%
national 0.6%
Area
53.5K km²
27 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
50% live in major cities
Largest city
Kandahar
716K (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.

Kandahar Afghanistan
Agriculture 43.4%
Retail & wholesale 14.7%
Construction 14.1%
Manufacturing 7.0%
Transport & logistics 6.5%
Public admin 5.4%
Education 3.2%
Other services 1.7%
Business services 1.0%
Health & care 0.9%
Hospitality 0.8%
Mining 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.3%
Finance 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 11.2K Agriculture 9,754 Public admin 5,453 Education 4,335 Construction 3,363 Manufacturing 2,456 Transport & logistics 2,133 Health & care 1,004

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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