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AI & jobs · Province in Costa Rica

Puntarenas

Province CR-P Largest city: Puntarenas
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 28% (−2.9 pts).
MODEL6th of 7 regions56K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
500K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
9.9%
4th largest of 7
People in workMODEL
224K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.5%
national 5.3%
Area
11.2K km²
45 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
14% live in major cities
Largest city
Puntarenas
57.1K (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.

Puntarenas Costa Rica
Agriculture 20.2%
Retail & wholesale 16.6%
Manufacturing 11.3%
Other services 9.9%
Education 6.4%
Hospitality 6.2%
Construction 5.7%
Transport & logistics 5.7%
Business services 5.3%
Health & care 4.8%
Public admin 3.7%
Utilities 1.6%
Finance 1.5%
ICT & software 1.1%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 11.9K Education 6,632 Other services 5,509 Business services 4,522 Health & care 4,350 Manufacturing 4,192 Public admin 3,973 Hospitality 3,403

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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