AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Iraq

Baghdad

Province IQ-BG Capital region Largest city: Baghdad
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 23% (+1.5 pts).
MODEL2nd of 18 regions721K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
9.8M
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
27.7%
1st largest of 18
People in workMODEL
2.9M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.7%
national 2.5%
Area
658 km²
14.9K people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
52% live in major cities
Largest city
Baghdad
5.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.34×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
37.1%
27.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
28%
national 24%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
49%
national 49%
Augmentation 51%Automation 49%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Baghdad Iraq
Public admin 18.2%
Construction 17.1%
Retail & wholesale 15.2%
Transport & logistics 10.7%
Education 8.8%
Business services 8.2%
Manufacturing 5.7%
Health & care 3.8%
Other services 3.0%
Agriculture 2.9%
Utilities 2.6%
Hospitality 2.3%
Finance 0.7%
Mining 0.6%
ICT & software 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Public admin 194K Retail & wholesale 121K Education 115K Business services 80.1K Health & care 41K Transport & logistics 40.3K Construction 34.7K Other services 21.2K

Ranking in Iraq

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 18 regions.

1Duhok 25% 2Baghdad 25% 3Erbil 24% 4Karbala 24% 5Najaf 23% 6Basra 23% 7Nineveh 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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