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

of Bougainville

Province PG-NSB Largest city: Arawa
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+3.3 pts).
MODEL3rd of 20 regions28.4K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
367K
as of 2024
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.4%
13th largest of 20
People in workMODEL
125K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.5%
national 2.0%
Area
9,445 km²
39 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Arawa
40.3K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
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.

of Bougainville Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 43.1%
Agriculture 21.0%
Education 8.2%
Business services 5.3%
Construction 5.1%
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 14.3K Education 4,416 Business services 1,819 Agriculture 1,790 Public admin 1,455 Health & care 1,011 Other services 743 Finance 603

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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