AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Nigeria

Imo State

State NG-IM Largest city: Owerri
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 16% (−1.2 pts).
MODEL26th of 37 regions473K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.4M
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.7%
16th largest of 37
People in workMODEL
3.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.1%
national 1.3%
Area
5,313 km²
1,018 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
4% live in major cities
Largest city
Owerri
215K (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.

Imo State Nigeria
Agriculture 41.1%
Retail & wholesale 23.8%
Manufacturing 12.1%
Hospitality 4.7%
Transport & logistics 4.1%
Other services 3.6%
Construction 3.0%
Education 2.8%
Business services 2.0%
Health & care 1.0%
Public admin 0.6%
Mining 0.4%
Finance 0.3%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 193K Agriculture 87.2K Manufacturing 38.4K Education 34.7K Hospitality 33.3K Other services 22.8K Transport & logistics 16.6K Business services 14.8K

Ranking in Nigeria

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 37 regions.

23Katsina State 16% 24Gombe State 16% 25Adamawa State 15% 26Imo State 15% 27Niger State 15% 28Nasarawa State 15% 29Benue State 15%
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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