AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Sierra Leone

Southern

Province SL-S Largest city: Bo
14%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 16% (−1.4 pts).
MODEL3rd of 4 regions116K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.8M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
28.8%
2nd largest of 4
People in workMODEL
818K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
0.9%
national 1.0%
Area
20K km²
91 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
10% live in major cities
Largest city
Bo
174K (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.

Southern Sierra Leone
Agriculture 52.1%
Retail & wholesale 24.6%
Construction 3.7%
Transport & logistics 3.5%
Manufacturing 3.4%
Mining 3.3%
Education 2.5%
Hospitality 1.7%
Business services 1.4%
Other services 1.2%
Public admin 1.1%
Health & care 0.8%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.2%
Finance 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 52.2K Agriculture 29K Education 8,722 Transport & logistics 3,457 Manufacturing 3,170 Hospitality 3,044 Public admin 2,927 Mining 2,742

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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