AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Iceland

Northwestern

Region IS-5 Largest city: Sauðárkrókur
33%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 33% (−0.1 pts).
MODEL5th of 9 regions1,143 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
7,322
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.5%
9th largest of 9
People in workMODEL
3,459
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.8%
national 3.8%
Area
12.5K km²
1 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
37% live in major cities
Largest city
Sauðárkrókur
2,682 (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.

Northwestern Iceland
Health & care 12.8%
Education 12.4%
Retail & wholesale 11.8%
Business services 9.9%
Manufacturing 9.2%
Construction 8.0%
Transport & logistics 6.8%
Other services 6.4%
Public admin 5.9%
Hospitality 5.5%
ICT & software 4.0%
Agriculture 3.4%
Finance 2.4%
Utilities 1.5%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Education 199 Health & care 182 Business services 135 Retail & wholesale 128 Public admin 85 Manufacturing 72 Other services 66 Transport & logistics 60

Ranking in Iceland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 9 regions.

2Southern Peninsula 33% 3Northeastern 33% 4Westfjords 33% 5Northwestern 33% 6Austurland 33% 7Southern 33% 8Western 33%
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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