AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Ghana

Upper East

Region GH-UE Largest city: Bolgatanga
17%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 17% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL4th of 10 regions81.2K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.3M
as of 2019
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.6%
9th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
467K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.7%
national 1.7%
Area
8,634 km²
148 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
12% live in major cities
Largest city
Bolgatanga
82.2K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
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.

Upper East Ghana
Agriculture 30.9%
Retail & wholesale 21.9%
Manufacturing 12.6%
Other services 7.9%
Hospitality 5.2%
Construction 5.1%
Education 4.6%
Transport & logistics 4.2%
Business services 1.7%
Health & care 1.6%
Mining 1.3%
Public admin 1.2%
Finance 1.0%
Utilities 0.6%
ICT & software 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 27.5K Agriculture 10.1K Education 9,008 Other services 8,031 Manufacturing 5,915 Hospitality 5,747 Transport & logistics 2,966 Health & care 2,507

Ranking in Ghana

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

1Greater Accra 22% 2Ashanti 20% 3Central 18% 4Upper East 17% 5Western 17% 6Eastern 17% 7Northern 15%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ghana'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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