AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Costa Rica

Guanacaste

Province CR-G Largest city: Liberia
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 28% (−2.5 pts).
MODEL5th of 7 regions47.1K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
413K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
8.2%
7th largest of 7
People in workMODEL
185K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.6%
national 5.3%
Area
10.3K km²
40 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
17% live in major cities
Largest city
Liberia
45.4K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
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.

Guanacaste Costa Rica
Agriculture 18.4%
Retail & wholesale 16.9%
Manufacturing 11.4%
Other services 10.1%
Education 6.4%
Hospitality 6.3%
Transport & logistics 5.8%
Construction 5.7%
Business services 5.7%
Health & care 4.8%
Public admin 3.9%
Finance 1.6%
Utilities 1.6%
ICT & software 1.2%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 10.1K Education 5,529 Other services 4,636 Business services 3,987 Health & care 3,660 Manufacturing 3,489 Public admin 3,396 Hospitality 2,863

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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