AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Saudi Arabia

'Asir

Region SA-14 Largest city: Abha
29%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 30% (−1.2 pts).
MODEL11th of 13 regions414K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.2M
as of 2017
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.7%
4th largest of 13
People in workMODEL
1.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.0%
national 4.3%
Area
77.6K km²
28 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Abha
211K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
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.

'Asir Saudi Arabia
Other services 18.9%
Retail & wholesale 15.6%
Construction 12.8%
Manufacturing 9.8%
Public admin 8.6%
Education 6.7%
Hospitality 6.0%
Business services 4.8%
Agriculture 4.8%
Health & care 4.5%
Transport & logistics 4.0%
Mining 1.1%
Utilities 0.9%
ICT & software 0.7%
Finance 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Other services 77.5K Retail & wholesale 71.7K Public admin 55.6K Education 45.5K Construction 28.4K Health & care 27.7K Business services 27.7K Manufacturing 25.8K

Ranking in Saudi Arabia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 13 regions.

7Ha'il 29% 8Northern Borders 29% 9Al-Qassim 29% 10Al-Jowf 29% 11'Asir 29% 12Jazan 28% 13Al-Baha 27%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Saudi Arabia'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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