AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Zambia

Lusaka

Province ZM-09 Capital region Largest city: Lusaka
23%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 15% (+7.7 pts).
MODEL1st of 10 regions80.6K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈1.1M
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
4.7%
10th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
355K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.4%
national 1.3%
Area
21.8K km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Lusaka
1.3M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
18.75×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
88.4%
4.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 36%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
55%
national 55%
Augmentation 45%Automation 55%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Lusaka Zambia
Retail & wholesale 25.8%
Agriculture 15.4%
Business services 11.7%
Other services 8.7%
Manufacturing 7.6%
Construction 5.7%
Education 5.5%
Transport & logistics 5.1%
Finance 3.4%
Hospitality 2.9%
Health & care 2.8%
Public admin 2.6%
Mining 1.4%
ICT & software 0.9%
Utilities 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 25.1K Business services 11.5K Education 8,090 Other services 6,830 Finance 5,577 Agriculture 3,903 Manufacturing 3,704 Health & care 3,476

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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