AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Afghanistan

Paktia

Province AF-PKA Largest city: Gardiz
12%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 12% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL9th of 34 regions18.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
668K
as of 2025
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.9%
15th largest of 34
People in workMODEL
157K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.7%
national 0.6%
Area
5,411 km²
123 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
16% live in major cities
Largest city
Gardiz
104K (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.

Paktia Afghanistan
Agriculture 49.5%
Retail & wholesale 13.1%
Construction 12.7%
Manufacturing 6.4%
Transport & logistics 5.8%
Public admin 4.7%
Education 2.9%
Other services 1.5%
Business services 0.8%
Health & care 0.8%
Hospitality 0.7%
Mining 0.4%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.2%
Finance 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 5,191 Retail & wholesale 4,625 Public admin 2,184 Education 1,835 Construction 1,414 Manufacturing 1,044 Transport & logistics 890 Health & care 416

Ranking in Afghanistan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

6Baghlan 12% 7Faryab 12% 8Herat 12% 9Paktia 12% 10Jowzjan 12% 11Nimruz 12% 12Helmand 11%
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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