AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · City in Zimbabwe

Bulawayo

City ZW-BU Largest city: Bulawayo
19%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 14% (+5.8 pts).
MODEL2nd of 10 regions43.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
666K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.6%
10th largest of 10
People in workMODEL
225K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
1.9%
national 1.1%
Area
459 km²
1,451 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Bulawayo
699K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Bulawayo Zimbabwe
Retail & wholesale 25.7%
Agriculture 19.7%
Other services 11.1%
Manufacturing 7.4%
Business services 7.3%
Education 6.3%
Mining 4.3%
Construction 4.3%
Public admin 3.8%
Transport & logistics 3.7%
Hospitality 1.8%
Finance 1.6%
Health & care 1.4%
ICT & software 1.0%
Utilities 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 14.6K Education 5,642 Other services 4,577 Business services 3,761 Agriculture 3,000 Public admin 2,829 Manufacturing 1,890 Finance 1,693

Ranking in Zimbabwe

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 10 regions.

1Harare 20% 2Bulawayo 19% 3Manicaland 15% 4Midlands 14% 5Mashonaland West 13% 6Matabeleland North 13% 7Masvingo 13%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Zimbabwe'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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