AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Afghanistan

Paktika

Province AF-PIA Largest city: Zareh Sharan
10%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 12% (−1.8 pts).
MODEL24th of 34 regions9,258 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
394K
as of 2009
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.1%
31st largest of 34
People in workMODEL
92.5K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.5%
national 0.6%
Area
18.8K km²
21 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
4% live in major cities
Largest city
Zareh Sharan
13.7K (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.

Paktika Afghanistan
Agriculture 67.2%
Construction 8.5%
Retail & wholesale 8.4%
Manufacturing 4.4%
Transport & logistics 3.8%
Public admin 2.7%
Education 2.0%
Other services 1.0%
Health & care 0.5%
Hospitality 0.4%
Business services 0.4%
Mining 0.4%
Utilities 0.2%
ICT & software 0.1%
Finance 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 4,155 Retail & wholesale 1,746 Public admin 743 Education 738 Construction 557 Manufacturing 424 Transport & logistics 343 Health & care 157

Ranking in Afghanistan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

21Badakhshan 11% 22Samangan 11% 23Kapisa 10% 24Paktika 10% 25Laghman 10% 26Zabul 10% 27Uruzgan 10%
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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