AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Ecuador

El Oro

Province EC-O Largest city: Machala
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 18% (−0.2 pts).
MODEL7th of 24 regions64.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
715K
as of 2022
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
4.2%
6th largest of 24
People in workMODEL
366K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.2%
national 2.3%
Area
6,234 km²
115 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
32% live in major cities
Largest city
Machala
213K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
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.

El Oro Ecuador
Agriculture 32.9%
Retail & wholesale 16.8%
Manufacturing 9.4%
Hospitality 6.6%
Construction 6.4%
Transport & logistics 5.8%
Other services 5.7%
Business services 4.9%
Education 3.8%
Public admin 2.8%
Health & care 2.5%
ICT & software 0.7%
Finance 0.6%
Utilities 0.6%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 16.7K Agriculture 8,267 Education 5,852 Business services 5,001 Hospitality 5,001 Manufacturing 4,370 Other services 4,112 Public admin 3,915

Ranking in Ecuador

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 24 regions.

4Carchi 18% 5Chimborazo 18% 6Azuay 18% 7El Oro 18% 8Imbabura 18% 9Manabí 17% 10Esmeraldas 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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