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

Western

Province PG-WPD
17%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 19% (−2.7 pts).
MODEL19th of 20 regions130K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈2.3M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
21.3%
1st largest of 20
People in workMODEL
779K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.6%
national 2.0%
Area
100K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
0% live in major cities
Mapped towns & cities
0
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 Papua New Guinea
Agriculture 50.1%
Retail & wholesale 27.5%
Education 5.8%
Construction 3.5%
Transport & logistics 2.0%
Mining 2.0%
Business services 1.9%
Other services 1.9%
Public admin 1.6%
Health & care 1.4%
Manufacturing 1.0%
Hospitality 0.5%
Utilities 0.3%
Finance 0.3%
ICT & software 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 57.2K Agriculture 26.8K Education 19.6K Public admin 4,826 Business services 4,179 Health & care 4,030 Other services 2,963 Transport & logistics 2,409

Ranking in Papua New Guinea

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 20 regions.

14Milne Bay 20% 15East New Britain 19% 16Gulf 18% 17Enga 17% 18Sandaun 17% 19Western 17% 20Central 17%
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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