AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Ecuador

Azuay

Province EC-A Largest city: Cuenca
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−0.1 pts).
MODEL6th of 24 regions72.9K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
802K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.7%
5th largest of 24
People in workMODEL
411K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 2.3%
Area
8,669 km²
92 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
36% live in major cities
Largest city
Cuenca
287K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.61×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
7.6%
4.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
38%
national 40%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 51%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Azuay Ecuador
Agriculture 32.6%
Retail & wholesale 16.9%
Manufacturing 9.5%
Hospitality 6.6%
Construction 6.4%
Transport & logistics 5.9%
Other services 5.7%
Business services 5.0%
Education 3.8%
Public admin 2.8%
Health & care 2.6%
ICT & software 0.7%
Finance 0.6%
Utilities 0.6%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 18.8K Agriculture 9,177 Education 6,588 Business services 5,673 Hospitality 5,637 Manufacturing 4,919 Other services 4,635 Public admin 4,423

Ranking in Ecuador

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 24 regions.

3Napo 19% 4Carchi 18% 5Chimborazo 18% 6Azuay 18% 7El Oro 18% 8Imbabura 18% 9Manabí 17%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ecuador'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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