AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in Sri Lanka

Colombo

District LK-11 Capital region Largest city: Colombo
25%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+5.7 pts).
MODEL1st of 25 regions40.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈426K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
1.9%
24th largest of 25
People in workMODEL
165K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
4.2%
national 2.9%
Area
683 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Colombo
217K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
3
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Western Province area (3 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
12.64×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
87.3%
1.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
40%
national 40%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
53%
national 53%
Augmentation 47%Automation 53%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Colombo Sri Lanka
Manufacturing 17.6%
Retail & wholesale 17.2%
Public admin 8.9%
Construction 8.3%
Business services 7.7%
Transport & logistics 6.9%
Finance 6.6%
Education 5.9%
Other services 5.7%
Agriculture 4.8%
Hospitality 3.6%
ICT & software 2.9%
Health & care 2.6%
Utilities 0.9%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 7,711 Public admin 5,798 Finance 5,632 Education 4,032 Manufacturing 3,688 Business services 3,599 ICT & software 1,947 Other services 1,823

Ranking in Sri Lanka

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 25 regions.

1Colombo 25% 2Jaffna 24% 3Galle 22% 4Kilinochchi 22% 5Kandy 22% 6Matara 22% 7Batticaloa 22%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Sri Lanka'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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