AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in China

Hunan

Province CN-HN Largest city: Changsha
17%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−1.2 pts).
MODEL24th of 32 regions5.9M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
66.4M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.7%
7th largest of 32
People in workMODEL
34.8M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.6%
national 2.9%
Area
212K km²
314 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
19% live in major cities
Largest city
Changsha
2.6M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
13
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.

Hunan China
Agriculture 27.5%
Manufacturing 20.4%
Retail & wholesale 13.0%
Construction 8.7%
Public admin 5.4%
Other services 4.8%
Transport & logistics 4.3%
Education 4.1%
Hospitality 3.5%
Business services 2.8%
Health & care 2.1%
Utilities 1.1%
Finance 1.0%
ICT & software 0.8%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 1.1M Manufacturing 900K Public admin 763K Agriculture 640K Education 599K Health & care 271K Other services 260K Construction 241K

Ranking in China

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 32 regions.

21Jiangxi 17% 22Shaanxi 17% 23Sichuan 17% 24Hunan 17% 25Guizhou 17% 26Hebei 16% 27Henan 16%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits China'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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