AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Ghana

Upper West

Region GH-UW Largest city: Wa
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 17% (−2.1 pts).
MODEL9th of 10 regions129K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈2.4M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
6.8%
7th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
868K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.3%
national 1.7%
Area
18.6K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
3% live in major cities
Largest city
Wa
78.1K (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.

Upper West Ghana
Agriculture 46.6%
Retail & wholesale 16.8%
Manufacturing 10.3%
Other services 6.1%
Construction 4.0%
Hospitality 4.0%
Education 3.7%
Transport & logistics 3.2%
Health & care 1.2%
Mining 1.2%
Business services 1.0%
Public admin 0.8%
Finance 0.5%
Utilities 0.5%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 39.1K Agriculture 28.3K Education 13.5K Other services 11.4K Manufacturing 8,978 Hospitality 8,164 Transport & logistics 4,294 Health & care 3,561

Ranking in Ghana

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

4Upper East 17% 5Western 17% 6Eastern 17% 7Northern 15% 8Volta 15% 9Upper West 15% 10Brong-Ahafo 14%
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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