AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Pakistan

Punjab

Province PK-PB Largest city: Lahore
15%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 15% (−0.0 pts).
MODEL3rd of 8 regions5.9M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
127.7M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
50.0%
1st largest of 8
People in workMODEL
40.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
national 1.4%
Area
204K km²
626 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Lahore
6.6M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
19
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.12×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
55.9%
50.0% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
42%
national 42%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
51%
national 51%
Augmentation 49%Automation 51%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Punjab Pakistan
Agriculture 36.0%
Retail & wholesale 14.9%
Manufacturing 14.3%
Construction 10.1%
Transport & logistics 5.8%
Other services 4.3%
Education 3.9%
Public admin 3.0%
Hospitality 2.0%
Business services 2.0%
Health & care 1.4%
Utilities 0.7%
ICT & software 0.6%
Finance 0.6%
Mining 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 1.5M Agriculture 989K Manufacturing 633K Education 613K Public admin 403K Other services 324K Transport & logistics 292K Construction 291K

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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