AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Iraq

Basra

Province IQ-BA Largest city: Basra
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL6th of 18 regions168K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.4M
as of 2009
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
6.8%
3rd largest of 18
People in workMODEL
719K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.5%
national 2.5%
Area
17.1K km²
141 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
47% live in major cities
Largest city
Basra
870K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.10×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
7.5%
6.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
24%
national 24%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
49%
national 49%
Augmentation 51%Automation 49%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Basra Iraq
Construction 17.6%
Public admin 15.9%
Retail & wholesale 14.9%
Transport & logistics 10.8%
Education 9.3%
Agriculture 6.7%
Manufacturing 6.1%
Business services 5.7%
Health & care 3.7%
Other services 2.9%
Utilities 2.7%
Hospitality 2.3%
Mining 0.7%
Finance 0.4%
ICT & software 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Public admin 41.6K Education 30K Retail & wholesale 29.4K Business services 13.6K Transport & logistics 9,986 Health & care 9,933 Construction 8,805 Other services 5,123

Ranking in Iraq

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 18 regions.

3Erbil 24% 4Karbala 24% 5Najaf 23% 6Basra 23% 7Nineveh 23% 8Kirkuk 23% 9Sulaymaniyah 23%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Iraq'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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