AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Kenya

North Eastern

Province KE-500 Largest city: Garissa
12%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 14% (−2.3 pts).
MODEL8th of 8 regions160K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.3M
as of 2009
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.6%
8th largest of 8
People in workMODEL
1.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
national 1.3%
Area
127K km²
18 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
5% live in major cities
Largest city
Garissa
67.9K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
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.

North Eastern Kenya
Agriculture 61.4%
Retail & wholesale 9.8%
Construction 4.7%
Other services 4.7%
Transport & logistics 4.4%
Manufacturing 4.1%
Business services 3.0%
Education 2.8%
Hospitality 1.9%
Health & care 1.0%
Mining 0.7%
Public admin 0.6%
Finance 0.3%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 55.8K Retail & wholesale 32.2K Education 14.3K Other services 11K Business services 9,491 Transport & logistics 7,587 Manufacturing 7,290 Construction 5,788

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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