AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · State in Nigeria

Lagos

State NG-LA Largest city: Lagos
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 16% (+3.9 pts).
MODEL1st of 37 regions1.3M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
11M
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.6%
2nd largest of 37
People in workMODEL
6.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.8%
national 1.3%
Area
3,561 km²
3,089 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
86% live in major cities
Largest city
Lagos
9.5M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
12.15×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
67.9%
5.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
50%
national 49%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
51%
national 52%
Augmentation 49%Automation 51%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Lagos Nigeria
Retail & wholesale 36.1%
Manufacturing 15.4%
Agriculture 10.4%
Hospitality 7.2%
Business services 6.4%
Transport & logistics 5.9%
Other services 5.4%
Construction 4.1%
Education 3.7%
Health & care 1.5%
Finance 1.3%
Public admin 1.1%
ICT & software 0.8%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 595K Hospitality 103K Manufacturing 99.4K Business services 96.4K Education 92.2K Other services 70.4K Transport & logistics 48.7K Agriculture 45K

Ranking in Nigeria

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 37 regions.

1Lagos 20% 2Federal Capital Territory 20% 3Oyo State 19% 4Ondo State 19% 5Abia State 19% 6Osun State 18% 7Kano State 18%
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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