AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Zambia

Southern

Province ZM-07 Largest city: Livingstone
16%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+1.4 pts).
MODEL3rd of 10 regions136K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈2.5M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
11.0%
5th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
829K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.4%
national 1.3%
Area
85.3K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
13% live in major cities
Largest city
Livingstone
165K (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.

Southern Zambia
Agriculture 46.5%
Retail & wholesale 17.3%
Manufacturing 5.9%
Other services 5.8%
Education 4.2%
Business services 4.2%
Construction 4.1%
Transport & logistics 3.6%
Hospitality 1.9%
Health & care 1.9%
Mining 1.5%
Public admin 1.4%
Finance 1.0%
Utilities 0.4%
ICT & software 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 39.2K Agriculture 27.4K Education 14.3K Other services 10.7K Business services 9,588 Manufacturing 6,700 Health & care 5,434 Transport & logistics 4,715

Ranking in Zambia

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

1Lusaka 23% 2Copperbelt 22% 3Southern 16% 4Northern 16% 5Central 16% 6Eastern 15% 7Luapula 15%
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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