AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in Sri Lanka

Nuwara Eliya

District LK-23
18%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 19% (−1.5 pts).
MODEL24th of 25 regions41.4K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈610K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
2.8%
18th largest of 25
People in workMODEL
236K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
2.5%
national 2.9%
Area
1,740 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
0% live in major cities
Mapped towns & cities
0
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Central Province area (2 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.85×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
5.2%
2.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
41%
national 40%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
54%
national 53%
Augmentation 46%Automation 54%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka
Agriculture 32.7%
Manufacturing 16.5%
Retail & wholesale 13.0%
Construction 7.1%
Transport & logistics 5.5%
Education 5.4%
Public admin 4.9%
Other services 4.3%
Hospitality 2.7%
Business services 2.3%
Health & care 2.0%
Finance 1.6%
Utilities 0.8%
Mining 0.7%
ICT & software 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 8,334 Agriculture 5,380 Education 5,238 Manufacturing 4,940 Public admin 4,612 Transport & logistics 2,039 Other services 1,971 Finance 1,900

Ranking in Sri Lanka

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 25 regions.

19Monaragala 18% 20Kegalle 18% 21Matale 18% 22Polonnaruwa 18% 23Kurunegala 18% 24Nuwara Eliya 18% 25Vavuniya 18%
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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