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

Morobe

Province PG-MPL Largest city: Lae
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+3.2 pts).
MODEL4th of 20 regions60.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈790K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
7.3%
3rd largest of 20
People in workMODEL
268K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.5%
national 2.0%
Area
34.5K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
17% live in major cities
Largest city
Lae
131K (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.

Morobe Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 42.9%
Agriculture 21.4%
Education 8.1%
Business services 5.2%
Construction 5.0%
Public admin 3.1%
Transport & logistics 3.1%
Other services 3.0%
Health & care 2.2%
Mining 2.1%
Manufacturing 1.4%
Finance 0.9%
Hospitality 0.7%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 30.7K Education 9,476 Agriculture 3,935 Business services 3,852 Public admin 3,104 Health & care 2,165 Other services 1,592 Finance 1,273

Ranking in Papua New Guinea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 20 regions.

1Port Moresby 26% 2Western Highlands 24% 3of Bougainville 23% 4Morobe 23% 5Manus 22% 6Eastern Highlands 22% 7New Ireland 22%
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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