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

New Ireland

Province PG-NIK Largest city: Kavieng
22%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+2.2 pts).
MODEL7th of 20 regions15.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈215K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
2.0%
17th largest of 20
People in workMODEL
72.9K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.3%
national 2.0%
Area
9,379 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
9% live in major cities
Largest city
Kavieng
19.7K (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.

New Ireland Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 40.3%
Agriculture 26.4%
Education 7.8%
Construction 4.8%
Business services 4.4%
Transport & logistics 2.9%
Other services 2.8%
Public admin 2.8%
Mining 2.2%
Health & care 2.1%
Manufacturing 1.4%
Finance 0.7%
Hospitality 0.7%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 7,850 Education 2,478 Agriculture 1,321 Business services 879 Public admin 764 Health & care 553 Other services 407 Transport & logistics 322

Ranking in Papua New Guinea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 20 regions.

4Morobe 23% 5Manus 22% 6Eastern Highlands 22% 7New Ireland 22% 8Madang 22% 9Oro 20% 10Southern Highlands 20%
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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