AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Kelantan

State MY-03 Largest city: Kota Baharu
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 29% (−1.0 pts).
MODEL13th of 16 regions250K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.8M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.9%
8th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
886K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.5%
national 5.8%
Area
15.2K km²
118 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
28% live in major cities
Largest city
Kota Baharu
506K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Kelantan Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 18.5%
Manufacturing 16.7%
Agriculture 11.8%
Hospitality 10.4%
Construction 7.9%
Business services 7.8%
Education 6.2%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Public admin 4.5%
Health & care 3.9%
Other services 2.7%
Finance 2.2%
ICT & software 1.2%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 55K Business services 29K Manufacturing 27.8K Education 25.7K Hospitality 25.1K Public admin 19.6K Health & care 14.2K Finance 11.3K

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

10Kedah 29% 11Kuala Lumpur 29% 12Selangor 28% 13Kelantan 28% 14Perlis 28% 15Pahang 28% 16Labuan 23%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Malaysia'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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