AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Burkina Faso

Soum

Province BF-SOM Largest city: Djibo
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 17% (−2.0 pts).
MODEL28th of 45 regions64K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈1.1M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
4.6%
3rd largest of 45
People in workMODEL
438K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.2%
national 1.4%
Area
12.8K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
2% live in major cities
Largest city
Djibo
22.2K (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.

Soum Burkina Faso
Agriculture 62.6%
Retail & wholesale 9.5%
Manufacturing 7.0%
Other services 5.2%
Mining 4.3%
Transport & logistics 3.3%
Construction 2.5%
Education 1.6%
Business services 1.3%
Hospitality 0.9%
Health & care 0.7%
Public admin 0.6%
Utilities 0.3%
Finance 0.2%
ICT & software 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 24.1K Retail & wholesale 12.1K Other services 6,230 Manufacturing 5,196 Transport & logistics 3,431 Education 2,989 Mining 2,952 Business services 2,013

Ranking in Burkina Faso

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 45 regions.

25Sourou 15% 26Banwa 15% 27Kénédougou 15% 28Soum 15% 29Oudalan 14% 30Gnagna 14% 31Kompienga 14%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Burkina Faso'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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