AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in Sri Lanka

Matara

District LK-32 Largest city: Matara
22%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+2.6 pts).
MODEL6th of 25 regions38.6K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈460K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
2.1%
22nd largest of 25
People in workMODEL
178K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.5%
national 2.9%
Area
1,312 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
15% live in major cities
Largest city
Matara
68.2K (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.

Matara Sri Lanka
Manufacturing 18.7%
Retail & wholesale 16.5%
Agriculture 13.5%
Construction 8.4%
Public admin 7.3%
Transport & logistics 6.8%
Education 6.2%
Other services 5.5%
Business services 4.7%
Finance 3.6%
Hospitality 3.4%
Health & care 2.5%
ICT & software 1.5%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.6%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 7,961 Public admin 5,148 Education 4,557 Manufacturing 4,231 Finance 3,280 Business services 2,364 Transport & logistics 1,888 Other services 1,882

Ranking in Sri Lanka

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 25 regions.

3Galle 22% 4Kilinochchi 22% 5Kandy 22% 6Matara 22% 7Batticaloa 22% 8Trincomalee 21% 9Badulla 20%
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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