AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Zambia

Northwestern

Province ZM-06 Largest city: Solwezi
13%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 15% (−2.0 pts).
MODEL9th of 10 regions158K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈3.7M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
16.2%
2nd largest of 10
People in workMODEL
1.2M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.0%
national 1.3%
Area
126K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
3% live in major cities
Largest city
Solwezi
65K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
4
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.

Northwestern Zambia
Agriculture 65.5%
Retail & wholesale 11.2%
Manufacturing 4.1%
Other services 3.8%
Education 2.9%
Construction 2.8%
Transport & logistics 2.4%
Business services 2.0%
Mining 1.3%
Hospitality 1.2%
Health & care 1.2%
Public admin 0.8%
Finance 0.4%
Utilities 0.3%
ICT & software 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Agriculture 56.9K Retail & wholesale 37.5K Education 14.6K Other services 10.2K Manufacturing 6,913 Business services 6,640 Health & care 5,200 Transport & logistics 4,610

Ranking in Zambia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

4Northern 16% 5Central 16% 6Eastern 15% 7Luapula 15% 8Western 13% 9Northwestern 13% 10Muchinga 12%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Zambia'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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