AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Urban Prefecture in Japan

Kyōto Prefecture

Urban Prefecture JP-26 Largest city: Kyoto
41%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 40% (+0.6 pts).
MODEL6th of 47 regions565K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.6M
as of 2021
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.0%
13th largest of 47
People in workMODEL
1.4M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
11.4%
national 11.2%
Area
4,611 km²
556 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
74% live in major cities
Largest city
Kyoto
1.8M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.84×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.7%
2.0% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
46%
national 48%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
45%
national 48%
Augmentation 55%Automation 45%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Kyōto Prefecture Japan
Health & care 16.7%
Manufacturing 15.2%
Retail & wholesale 13.8%
Business services 9.4%
Construction 7.1%
Other services 7.0%
Education 6.1%
ICT & software 5.6%
Hospitality 5.1%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Public admin 4.5%
Finance 2.3%
Agriculture 1.8%
Utilities 0.4%
Mining 0.0%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 102K Retail & wholesale 75.8K Business services 70.9K Manufacturing 62.9K Education 43.7K ICT & software 40.7K Public admin 37K Other services 32.2K

Ranking in Japan

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 47 regions.

3Kanagawa Prefecture 41% 4Fukuoka Prefecture 41% 5Miyagi Prefecture 41% 6Kyōto Prefecture 41% 7Hiroshima Prefecture 41% 8Okinawa Prefecture 41% 9Aichi Prefecture 41%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Japan'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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