AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Province PK-KP Largest city: Saidu
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+0.7 pts).
MODEL2nd of 8 regions1.3M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
26.9M
as of 2011
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
10.5%
3rd largest of 8
People in workMODEL
8.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.5%
national 1.4%
Area
75K km²
359 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
22% live in major cities
Largest city
Saidu
1.9M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
8
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.43×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
4.5%
10.5% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
37%
national 42%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 51%
Augmentation 48%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Agriculture 31.1%
Retail & wholesale 16.1%
Manufacturing 15.2%
Construction 10.8%
Transport & logistics 6.2%
Other services 4.6%
Education 4.1%
Public admin 3.4%
Business services 2.4%
Hospitality 2.2%
Health & care 1.6%
ICT & software 0.7%
Utilities 0.7%
Finance 0.7%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 347K Agriculture 180K Manufacturing 141K Education 137K Public admin 94.5K Other services 73.7K Transport & logistics 66K Construction 65.4K

Ranking in Pakistan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 8 regions.

1Sindh 16% 2Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 15% 3Punjab 15% 4Islamabad Capital Territory 14% 5Gilgit-Baltistan 14% 6Balochistan 12% 7Federally Administered Tribal Areas 10%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Pakistan'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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