AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in Sri Lanka

Kandy

District LK-21 Largest city: Kandy
22%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+2.8 pts).
MODEL5th of 25 regions57.9K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈687K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
3.1%
17th largest of 25
People in workMODEL
265K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.5%
national 2.9%
Area
1,959 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
16% live in major cities
Largest city
Kandy
112K (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.

Kandy Sri Lanka
Manufacturing 18.7%
Retail & wholesale 16.5%
Agriculture 13.0%
Construction 8.4%
Public admin 7.4%
Transport & logistics 6.8%
Education 6.2%
Other services 5.5%
Business services 4.8%
Finance 3.7%
Hospitality 3.4%
Health & care 2.5%
ICT & software 1.5%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 11.9K Public admin 7,756 Education 6,807 Manufacturing 6,317 Finance 5,016 Business services 3,600 Transport & logistics 2,826 Other services 2,821

Ranking in Sri Lanka

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 25 regions.

2Jaffna 24% 3Galle 22% 4Kilinochchi 22% 5Kandy 22% 6Matara 22% 7Batticaloa 22% 8Trincomalee 21%
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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