AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in China

Yunnan

Province CN-YN Largest city: Kunming
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−3.3 pts).
MODEL29th of 32 regions3.7M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
47.2M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.3%
12th largest of 32
People in workMODEL
24.7M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 2.9%
Area
386K km²
122 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Very rural
15% live in major cities
Largest city
Kunming
2.9M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
14
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.

Yunnan China
Agriculture 39.8%
Manufacturing 17.8%
Retail & wholesale 10.7%
Construction 7.4%
Public admin 4.2%
Other services 4.0%
Transport & logistics 3.6%
Education 3.5%
Hospitality 2.9%
Business services 1.8%
Health & care 1.8%
Utilities 1.0%
Finance 0.6%
Mining 0.6%
ICT & software 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 667K Agriculture 658K Manufacturing 557K Public admin 414K Education 368K Health & care 159K Other services 152K Construction 146K

Ranking in China

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 32 regions.

26Hebei 16% 27Henan 16% 28Ningxia 15% 29Yunnan 15% 30Qinghai 15% 31Tibet 13% 32Paracel Islands 13%
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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