AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Malaysia

Sarawak

State MY-13 Largest city: Kuching
30%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 29% (+0.4 pts).
MODEL6th of 16 regions359K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.5M
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
6.7%
5th largest of 16
People in workMODEL
1.2M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.9%
national 5.8%
Area
123K km²
20 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
47% live in major cities
Largest city
Kuching
570K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
4
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.91×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
6.1%
6.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
35%
national 47%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 48%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Sarawak Malaysia
Retail & wholesale 19.0%
Manufacturing 16.5%
Hospitality 10.6%
Business services 9.5%
Agriculture 8.0%
Construction 7.9%
Education 6.1%
Public admin 4.9%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Health & care 4.0%
Finance 2.7%
Other services 2.7%
ICT & software 1.6%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 77.2K Business services 48.3K Manufacturing 37.6K Hospitality 35.2K Education 34.9K Public admin 29.1K Health & care 20K Finance 19.7K

Ranking in Malaysia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 16 regions.

3Putrajaya 31% 4Perak 30% 5Johor 30% 6Sarawak 30% 7Terengganu 30% 8Negeri Sembilan 29% 9Sabah 29%
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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