AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Nigeria

Edo State

State NG-ED Largest city: Benin City
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 16% (+1.2 pts).
MODEL8th of 37 regions429K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
4.2M
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.2%
25th largest of 37
People in workMODEL
2.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
national 1.3%
Area
19.9K km²
213 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
28% live in major cities
Largest city
Benin City
1.2M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.79×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.7%
2.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
36%
national 49%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
54%
national 52%
Augmentation 46%Automation 54%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Edo State Nigeria
Retail & wholesale 30.2%
Agriculture 25.7%
Manufacturing 14.3%
Hospitality 6.0%
Transport & logistics 5.1%
Other services 4.5%
Construction 3.6%
Business services 3.4%
Education 3.4%
Health & care 1.3%
Public admin 0.8%
Finance 0.6%
Mining 0.4%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 192K Agriculture 42.7K Manufacturing 35.6K Hospitality 33.1K Education 32.5K Other services 22.7K Business services 19.8K Transport & logistics 16.1K

Ranking in Nigeria

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 37 regions.

5Abia State 19% 6Osun State 18% 7Kano State 18% 8Edo State 18% 9Kaduna State 18% 10Enugu State 18% 11Delta State 17%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Nigeria'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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