AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Cameroon

Southwest

Province CM-SW Largest city: Limbe
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−0.3 pts).
MODEL4th of 10 regions159K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.4M
as of 2007
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.0%
6th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
883K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 2.2%
Area
24.8K km²
57 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
32% live in major cities
Largest city
Limbe
212K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
4
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.

Southwest Cameroon
Agriculture 42.9%
Retail & wholesale 15.4%
Manufacturing 9.5%
Other services 5.8%
Transport & logistics 5.2%
Education 4.6%
Construction 4.3%
Hospitality 4.2%
Public admin 2.4%
Health & care 2.2%
Business services 1.5%
ICT & software 0.7%
Mining 0.5%
Finance 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 38.9K Agriculture 30.6K Education 16.6K Manufacturing 13.5K Other services 11.7K Transport & logistics 10.1K Hospitality 8,575 Public admin 8,316

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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