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AI & jobs · Province in Netherlands

Friesland

Province NL-FR Largest city: Leeuwarden
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, below the national 39% (−0.8 pts).
MODEL7th of 15 regions150K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
650K
as of 2020
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.9%
8th largest of 15
People in workMODEL
392K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.2%
national 6.4%
Area
3,909 km²
166 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Rural
19% live in major cities
Largest city
Leeuwarden
126K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.33×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
1.3%
3.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
45%
national 43%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
44%
national 46%
Augmentation 56%Automation 44%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Friesland Netherlands
Health & care 18.5%
Retail & wholesale 15.5%
Business services 12.0%
Manufacturing 8.7%
Education 8.5%
Public admin 7.3%
Hospitality 5.2%
Transport & logistics 5.2%
Construction 5.1%
Other services 4.9%
ICT & software 3.2%
Agriculture 2.4%
Finance 2.2%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 32.3K Retail & wholesale 22.1K Business services 21K Education 16.2K Public admin 14.1K Manufacturing 9,250 Transport & logistics 6,579 Other services 6,175

Ranking in Netherlands

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 15 regions.

4Groningen 39% 5North Brabant 39% 6Limburg 38% 7Friesland 38% 8Overijssel 38% 9Drenthe 38% 10Zeeland 38%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Netherlands'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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