AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Cameroon

Northwest

Province CM-NW Largest city: Bamenda
19%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 18% (+0.3 pts).
MODEL3rd of 10 regions242K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.1M
as of 2007
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
11.8%
5th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
1.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.3%
national 2.2%
Area
17.1K km²
122 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
31% live in major cities
Largest city
Bamenda
445K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
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.

Northwest Cameroon
Agriculture 39.9%
Retail & wholesale 16.2%
Manufacturing 9.9%
Other services 6.1%
Transport & logistics 5.5%
Education 4.8%
Construction 4.5%
Hospitality 4.4%
Public admin 2.6%
Health & care 2.4%
Business services 1.6%
ICT & software 0.8%
Finance 0.6%
Mining 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 60.5K Agriculture 42K Education 25.6K Manufacturing 20.7K Other services 18.1K Transport & logistics 15.6K Hospitality 13.3K Public admin 13.1K

Ranking in Cameroon

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

1Littoral 22% 2Centre 21% 3Northwest 19% 4Southwest 18% 5Adamawa 18% 6North 18% 7West 18%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Cameroon'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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