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AI & jobs · Province in Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby

Province PG-NCD Capital region Largest city: Port Moresby
26%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+6.4 pts).
MODEL1st of 20 regions27.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
317K
as of 2012
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.9%
15th largest of 20
People in workMODEL
108K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.0%
national 2.0%
Area
239 km²
1,328 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
89% live in major cities
Largest city
Port Moresby
284K (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.

Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 48.5%
Business services 9.4%
Education 8.4%
Agriculture 8.0%
Construction 5.4%
Public admin 4.1%
Transport & logistics 3.4%
Other services 3.4%
Health & care 2.5%
Finance 1.9%
Mining 1.7%
Manufacturing 1.4%
ICT & software 0.9%
Hospitality 0.8%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 14K Education 3,925 Business services 2,781 Public admin 1,646 Finance 1,040 Health & care 984 Other services 723 Agriculture 589

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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