AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Department in Benin

Zou

Department BJ-ZO Largest city: Abomey
17%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+1.2 pts).
MODEL5th of 12 regions49.9K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈682K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
4.6%
8th largest of 12
People in workMODEL
301K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
national 1.2%
Area
5,109 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
12% live in major cities
Largest city
Abomey
82.2K (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.

Zou Benin
Agriculture 32.3%
Retail & wholesale 20.5%
Manufacturing 15.5%
Other services 9.7%
Transport & logistics 5.3%
Hospitality 5.0%
Construction 4.2%
Education 1.9%
Business services 1.7%
Health & care 1.3%
Finance 0.7%
Public admin 0.5%
ICT & software 0.5%
Mining 0.4%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 16.9K Agriculture 6,894 Other services 6,815 Manufacturing 4,932 Hospitality 3,794 Transport & logistics 2,617 Education 2,199 Business services 1,370

Ranking in Benin

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 12 regions.

2Mono 18% 3Atlantique 17% 4Donga 17% 5Zou 17% 6Alibori 16% 7Littoral 16% 8Borgou 15%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Benin'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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