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AI & jobs · County in Norway

Vest-Agder

County NO-10 Largest city: Kristiansand
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 36% (+0.0 pts).
MODEL7th of 21 regions35.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
188K
as of 2018
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.3%
13th largest of 21
People in workMODEL
98.9K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
national 5.1%
Area
7,466 km²
25 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
34% live in major cities
Largest city
Kristiansand
63.8K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Agder area (2 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.70×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
3.8%
3.3% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
35%
national 34%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
43%
national 43%
Augmentation 57%Automation 43%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Vest-Agder Norway
Health & care 21.0%
Retail & wholesale 12.4%
Business services 12.3%
Education 8.6%
Construction 8.2%
Manufacturing 6.5%
Public admin 6.2%
Transport & logistics 5.3%
Other services 4.8%
ICT & software 4.2%
Hospitality 3.6%
Agriculture 2.1%
Mining 2.0%
Finance 1.6%
Utilities 1.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 8,817 Business services 5,297 Retail & wholesale 4,096 Education 4,047 Public admin 2,784 ICT & software 1,872 Manufacturing 1,581 Other services 1,517

Ranking in Norway

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 21 regions.

4Sør-Trøndelag 36% 5Telemark 36% 6Troms 36% 7Vest-Agder 36% 8Buskerud 36% 9Nordland 36% 10Finnmark 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Norway'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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