AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Administrative Zone in Nepal

Lumbini Zone

Administrative Zone NP-LU Largest city: Bhairawa
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 20% (+0.1 pts).
MODEL6th of 14 regions114K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈2.3M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
7.6%
7th largest of 14
People in workMODEL
571K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.9%
national 2.9%
Area
9,068 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
3% live in major cities
Largest city
Bhairawa
63.4K (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.

Lumbini Zone Nepal
Agriculture 21.5%
Retail & wholesale 17.0%
Manufacturing 15.4%
Construction 14.9%
Education 8.2%
Hospitality 5.3%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Other services 2.7%
Health & care 2.4%
Business services 2.1%
Public admin 1.9%
Finance 1.4%
Utilities 1.0%
ICT & software 0.8%
Mining 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 28.3K Education 20K Manufacturing 12.3K Agriculture 8,725 Hospitality 7,345 Construction 6,847 Transport & logistics 5,560 Health & care 4,838

Ranking in Nepal

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 14 regions.

3Gandaki Zone 21% 4Bhojpur 21% 5Seti Zone 20% 6Lumbini Zone 20% 7Bheri Zone 20% 8Sagarmatha Zone 19% 9Dhaulagiri Zone 19%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Nepal'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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