AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Sierra Leone

Northern

Province SL-N Largest city: Makeni
13%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 16% (−2.8 pts).
MODEL4th of 4 regions75.2K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.3M
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
20.7%
3rd largest of 4
People in workMODEL
588K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.8%
national 1.0%
Area
35.9K km²
37 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
7% live in major cities
Largest city
Makeni
87.7K (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.

Northern Sierra Leone
Agriculture 60.9%
Retail & wholesale 20.0%
Construction 3.1%
Mining 3.0%
Manufacturing 2.8%
Transport & logistics 2.8%
Education 2.1%
Hospitality 1.4%
Other services 0.9%
Business services 0.9%
Public admin 0.9%
Health & care 0.7%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.1%
Finance 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 30.4K Agriculture 24.3K Education 5,243 Transport & logistics 2,037 Manufacturing 1,915 Mining 1,787 Hospitality 1,775 Public admin 1,622

Ranking in Sierra Leone

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 4 regions.

1Western Area 21% 2Eastern 15% 3Southern 14% 4Northern 13%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Sierra Leone'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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