AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Iran

West Azerbaijan

Province IR-02 Largest city: Urmia
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 21% (−0.9 pts).
MODEL17th of 31 regions221K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
3.3M
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.1%
8th largest of 31
People in workMODEL
1.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.8%
national 3.0%
Area
37.2K km²
88 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
29% live in major cities
Largest city
Urmia
577K (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 Azerbaijan Iran
Manufacturing 18.1%
Retail & wholesale 16.9%
Agriculture 16.6%
Construction 14.4%
Transport & logistics 10.1%
Education 5.7%
Other services 3.6%
Health & care 3.4%
Business services 3.2%
Public admin 2.5%
Hospitality 1.6%
Utilities 1.5%
Finance 1.0%
Mining 0.9%
ICT & software 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 53.7K Education 28.5K Manufacturing 27.6K Transport & logistics 18K Health & care 14.6K Construction 14K Agriculture 13.3K Business services 11.9K

Ranking in Iran

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 31 regions.

14Yazd 20% 15Zanjan 20% 16Ardabil 20% 17West Azerbaijan 20% 18Semnan 20% 19Fars 20% 20Sistan and Baluchestan 20%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Iran'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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