AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in South Africa

Mpumalanga

Province ZA-MP Largest city: Mbombela
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 27% (−1.9 pts).
MODEL8th of 9 regions378K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
5.1M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.3%
6th largest of 9
People in workMODEL
1.5M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.5%
national 6.1%
Area
75.7K km²
68 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Mbombela
348K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
6
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.

Mpumalanga South Africa
Retail & wholesale 16.4%
Manufacturing 10.5%
Other services 10.5%
Agriculture 9.8%
Health & care 8.8%
Construction 7.9%
Transport & logistics 7.6%
Business services 7.5%
Education 6.4%
Public admin 4.0%
Hospitality 3.8%
Mining 3.5%
Finance 1.5%
ICT & software 1.0%
Utilities 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 77.2K Health & care 49.9K Education 39.5K Business services 35.7K Other services 32.5K Public admin 28.3K Transport & logistics 25.7K Manufacturing 25.3K

Ranking in South Africa

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 9 regions.

3Free State 27% 4KwaZulu-Natal 27% 5Eastern Cape 27% 6North West 26% 7Northern Cape 25% 8Mpumalanga 25% 9Limpopo 24%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits South Africa'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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