AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Iceland

Western

Region IS-3 Largest city: Borgarnes
33%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 33% (−0.5 pts).
MODEL8th of 9 regions2,705 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
17.5K
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.5%
6th largest of 9
People in workMODEL
8,287
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.8%
national 3.8%
Area
9,535 km²
2 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
10% live in major cities
Largest city
Borgarnes
1,783 (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
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.

Western Iceland
Health & care 12.8%
Education 12.7%
Retail & wholesale 11.9%
Manufacturing 9.5%
Business services 8.9%
Construction 8.1%
Transport & logistics 6.9%
Other services 6.5%
Public admin 5.7%
Hospitality 5.5%
Agriculture 4.4%
ICT & software 3.5%
Finance 2.1%
Utilities 1.5%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Education 488 Health & care 437 Retail & wholesale 308 Business services 292 Public admin 196 Manufacturing 178 Other services 159 Transport & logistics 145

Ranking in Iceland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 9 regions.

3Northeastern 33% 4Westfjords 33% 5Northwestern 33% 6Austurland 33% 7Southern 33% 8Western 33% 9Capital 32%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Iceland'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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