AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Papua New Guinea

East Sepik

Province PG-ESW Largest city: Wewak
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+0.3 pts).
MODEL13th of 20 regions30.2K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
451K
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.2%
11th largest of 20
People in workMODEL
153K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.1%
national 2.0%
Area
42.6K km²
11 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
6% live in major cities
Largest city
Wewak
25.1K (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.

East Sepik Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 35.7%
Agriculture 35.1%
Education 7.2%
Construction 4.4%
Business services 3.3%
Transport & logistics 2.6%
Other services 2.5%
Public admin 2.3%
Mining 2.2%
Health & care 1.8%
Manufacturing 1.2%
Hospitality 0.6%
Finance 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 14.6K Education 4,757 Agriculture 3,684 Business services 1,377 Public admin 1,340 Health & care 1,027 Other services 755 Transport & logistics 604

Ranking in Papua New Guinea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 20 regions.

10Southern Highlands 20% 11West New Britain 20% 12Chimbu 20% 13East Sepik 20% 14Milne Bay 20% 15East New Britain 19% 16Gulf 18%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Papua New Guinea'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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