AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Eritrea

Maekel

Region ER-MA Largest city: Mendefera
12%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 10% (+1.7 pts).
MODEL2nd of 6 regions13.5K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈281K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
6.9%
6th largest of 6
People in workMODEL
115K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.2%
national 0.9%
Area
9,592 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
92% live in major cities
Largest city
Mendefera
257K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Maekel Eritrea
Agriculture 36.6%
Retail & wholesale 18.2%
Other services 8.1%
Manufacturing 7.5%
Construction 6.7%
Education 4.7%
Transport & logistics 4.5%
Public admin 3.2%
Business services 2.4%
Mining 2.2%
Health & care 2.0%
Hospitality 1.9%
Utilities 0.8%
Finance 0.6%
ICT & software 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 3,814 Agriculture 2,715 Education 1,706 Other services 1,163 Public admin 923 Health & care 644 Business services 448 Manufacturing 434

Ranking in Eritrea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 6 regions.

1Anseba 14% 2Maekel 12% 3Northern Red Sea 10% 4Southern Red Sea 10% 5Debub 10% 6Gash-Barka 8%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Eritrea'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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