AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Cameroon

West

Province CM-OU Largest city: Bafoussam
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−0.7 pts).
MODEL7th of 10 regions248K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.3M
as of 2007
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
12.8%
4th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
1.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.1%
national 2.2%
Area
14.1K km²
160 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
21% live in major cities
Largest city
Bafoussam
291K (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.

West Cameroon
Agriculture 45.5%
Retail & wholesale 14.7%
Manufacturing 9.2%
Other services 5.5%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Education 4.4%
Construction 4.1%
Hospitality 4.0%
Public admin 2.3%
Health & care 2.1%
Business services 1.3%
ICT & software 0.6%
Mining 0.5%
Finance 0.4%
Utilities 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 59.4K Agriculture 51.9K Education 25.6K Manufacturing 20.7K Other services 17.8K Transport & logistics 15.4K Hospitality 13.1K Public admin 12.5K

Ranking in Cameroon

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

4Southwest 18% 5Adamawa 18% 6North 18% 7West 18% 8East 16% 9South 16% 10Far North 15%
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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