AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Region in Iceland

Southern

Region IS-8 Largest city: Selfoss
33%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 33% (−0.2 pts).
MODEL7th of 9 regions4,418 exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
28.4K
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.7%
4th largest of 9
People in workMODEL
13.4K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.8%
national 3.8%
Area
24.8K km²
1 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
22% live in major cities
Largest city
Selfoss
6,275 (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.

Southern Iceland
Health & care 12.8%
Education 12.5%
Retail & wholesale 11.9%
Business services 9.6%
Manufacturing 9.3%
Construction 8.0%
Transport & logistics 6.8%
Other services 6.4%
Public admin 5.8%
Hospitality 5.5%
ICT & software 3.9%
Agriculture 3.7%
Finance 2.3%
Utilities 1.5%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Education 777 Health & care 706 Business services 505 Retail & wholesale 498 Public admin 324 Manufacturing 283 Other services 256 Transport & logistics 234

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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