AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Ecuador

Guayas

Province EC-G Largest city: Guayaquil
20%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 18% (+1.7 pts).
MODEL2nd of 24 regions441K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
4.4M
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
25.9%
1st largest of 24
People in workMODEL
2.3M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.6%
national 2.3%
Area
15K km²
292 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
60% live in major cities
Largest city
Guayaquil
2.5M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.95×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
24.6%
25.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
40%
national 40%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 51%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Guayas Ecuador
Agriculture 22.7%
Retail & wholesale 19.1%
Manufacturing 10.2%
Hospitality 7.5%
Construction 7.0%
Business services 6.9%
Transport & logistics 6.5%
Other services 6.5%
Education 4.1%
Public admin 3.4%
Health & care 2.9%
ICT & software 1.1%
Finance 0.9%
Utilities 0.6%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 117K Business services 43K Education 39.3K Agriculture 35.1K Hospitality 35K Public admin 29.3K Manufacturing 29.1K Other services 28.8K

Ranking in Ecuador

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 24 regions.

1Pichincha 21% 2Guayas 20% 3Napo 19% 4Carchi 18% 5Chimborazo 18% 6Azuay 18% 7El Oro 18%
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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