AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in South Africa

North West

Province ZA-NW Largest city: Klerksdorp
26%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 27% (−1.4 pts).
MODEL6th of 9 regions286K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
3.8M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
6.2%
7th largest of 9
People in workMODEL
1.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.7%
national 6.1%
Area
105K km²
36 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
20% live in major cities
Largest city
Klerksdorp
179K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
7
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.

North West South Africa
Retail & wholesale 16.7%
Other services 10.7%
Manufacturing 10.4%
Health & care 8.9%
Business services 8.3%
Agriculture 8.1%
Construction 8.0%
Transport & logistics 7.6%
Education 6.4%
Public admin 4.2%
Hospitality 3.9%
Mining 3.4%
Finance 1.7%
ICT & software 1.1%
Utilities 0.7%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 57.9K Health & care 37.5K Business services 29.2K Education 29.1K Other services 24.4K Public admin 21.9K Transport & logistics 19.2K Manufacturing 18.6K

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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