AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Costa Rica

Cartago

Province CR-C Largest city: Cartago
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 28% (+0.5 pts).
MODEL2nd of 7 regions69.4K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
545K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
10.8%
3rd largest of 7
People in workMODEL
244K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.4%
national 5.3%
Area
3,112 km²
175 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
36% live in major cities
Largest city
Cartago
197K (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.

Cartago Costa Rica
Retail & wholesale 18.3%
Manufacturing 11.5%
Other services 10.9%
Agriculture 8.9%
Business services 8.6%
Hospitality 6.8%
Education 6.5%
Transport & logistics 6.1%
Construction 5.9%
Health & care 5.3%
Public admin 4.7%
Finance 2.6%
ICT & software 2.0%
Utilities 1.6%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 14.4K Business services 7,997 Education 7,398 Other services 6,636 Public admin 5,439 Health & care 5,239 Manufacturing 4,616 Hospitality 4,098

Ranking in Costa Rica

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 7 regions.

1San José 31% 2Cartago 28% 3Alajuela 28% 4Limón 26% 5Guanacaste 25% 6Puntarenas 25% 7Heredia 23%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Costa Rica'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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