AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Zambia

Copperbelt

Province ZM-08 Largest city: Kitwe
22%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+6.8 pts).
MODEL2nd of 10 regions80.1K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈1.1M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
4.9%
9th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
367K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 1.3%
Area
31.3K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Kitwe
405K (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.

Copperbelt Zambia
Retail & wholesale 25.0%
Agriculture 19.2%
Business services 10.2%
Other services 8.4%
Manufacturing 7.5%
Construction 5.6%
Education 5.5%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Finance 2.9%
Hospitality 2.8%
Health & care 2.7%
Public admin 2.4%
Mining 1.5%
ICT & software 0.7%
Utilities 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 25.1K Business services 10.3K Education 8,267 Other services 6,835 Agriculture 5,016 Finance 4,892 Manufacturing 3,798 Health & care 3,479

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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