AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · County in Sweden

Västra Götaland

County SE-O Largest city: Göteborg
38%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 37% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL3rd of 21 regions331K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.8M
as of 2026
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
16.8%
2nd largest of 21
People in workMODEL
878K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.3%
national 5.3%
Area
29.3K km²
61 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
39% live in major cities
Largest city
Göteborg
538K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
5
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.85×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
14.3%
16.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
39%
national 41%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
43%
national 45%
Augmentation 57%Automation 43%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Västra Götaland Sweden
Business services 17.6%
Health & care 14.7%
Education 10.9%
Retail & wholesale 10.0%
Manufacturing 9.2%
Public admin 8.2%
Construction 6.1%
ICT & software 5.6%
Other services 5.1%
Transport & logistics 4.6%
Hospitality 3.2%
Finance 2.3%
Agriculture 1.2%
Utilities 1.1%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 67.3K Health & care 55.6K Education 45.8K Public admin 33K Retail & wholesale 29.8K ICT & software 22.3K Manufacturing 19.8K Other services 14.3K

Ranking in Sweden

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 21 regions.

1Stockholm 39% 2Västernorrland 38% 3Västra Götaland 38% 4Östergötland 38% 5Västmanland 38% 6Gotland 37% 7Uppsala 37%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Sweden'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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