AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · National Capital Area in Kenya

Eastern

National Capital Area KE-400 Largest city: Machakos
13%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 14% (−1.9 pts).
MODEL5th of 8 regions405K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.7M
as of 2009
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
13.8%
2nd largest of 8
People in workMODEL
3.2M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.0%
national 1.3%
Area
158K km²
36 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
5% live in major cities
Largest city
Machakos
145K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
6
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.

Eastern Kenya
Agriculture 58.6%
Retail & wholesale 10.5%
Other services 5.0%
Construction 5.0%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Manufacturing 4.4%
Business services 3.4%
Education 3.0%
Hospitality 2.1%
Health & care 1.1%
Mining 0.7%
Public admin 0.7%
Finance 0.3%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 131K Retail & wholesale 84.6K Education 37.4K Other services 28.9K Business services 26.2K Transport & logistics 19.9K Manufacturing 18.9K Construction 15.1K

Ranking in Kenya

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 8 regions.

2Coast 16% 3Nyanza 15% 4Rift Valley 14% 5Eastern 13% 6Central 12% 7Western 12% 8North Eastern 12%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Kenya'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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