AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Iceland

Northeastern

Region IS-6 Largest city: Akureyri
33%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 33% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL3rd of 9 regions4,816 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
30.6K
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
6.1%
3rd largest of 9
People in workMODEL
14.5K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.9%
national 3.8%
Area
22.2K km²
1 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
54% live in major cities
Largest city
Akureyri
16.6K (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.

Northeastern Iceland
Health & care 12.7%
Education 12.2%
Retail & wholesale 11.8%
Business services 10.5%
Manufacturing 9.0%
Construction 7.8%
Transport & logistics 6.7%
Other services 6.4%
Public admin 6.0%
Hospitality 5.4%
ICT & software 4.5%
Agriculture 2.8%
Finance 2.6%
Utilities 1.4%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Education 815 Health & care 756 Business services 599 Retail & wholesale 533 Public admin 359 Manufacturing 295 ICT & software 275 Other services 274

Ranking in Iceland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 9 regions.

1Reykjavík 35% 2Southern Peninsula 33% 3Northeastern 33% 4Westfjords 33% 5Northwestern 33% 6Austurland 33% 7Southern 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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