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

Western Highlands

Province PG-WHM Largest city: Mt. Hagen
24%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+4.2 pts).
MODEL2nd of 20 regions16.1K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈202K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
1.9%
18th largest of 20
People in workMODEL
68.4K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.6%
national 2.0%
Area
8,804 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
29% live in major cities
Largest city
Mt. Hagen
59.1K (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.

Western Highlands Papua New Guinea
Retail & wholesale 44.9%
Agriculture 17.2%
Education 8.3%
Business services 6.1%
Construction 5.2%
Public admin 3.3%
Transport & logistics 3.2%
Other services 3.1%
Health & care 2.3%
Mining 2.1%
Manufacturing 1.4%
Finance 1.1%
Hospitality 0.7%
ICT & software 0.5%
Utilities 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 8,208 Education 2,478 Business services 1,149 Public admin 860 Agriculture 809 Health & care 579 Other services 425 Finance 391

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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