AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Department in Uruguay

Montevideo

Department UY-MO Capital region Largest city: Montevideo
31%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 29% (+2.2 pts).
MODEL1st of 19 regions195K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.3M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
37.2%
1st largest of 19
People in workMODEL
622K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.7%
national 6.0%
Area
540 km²
2,413 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
100% live in major cities
Largest city
Montevideo
1.5M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
2.36×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
87.9%
37.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
47%
national 47%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
48%
national 48%
Augmentation 52%Automation 48%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Montevideo Uruguay
Retail & wholesale 17.3%
Business services 14.2%
Other services 10.7%
Health & care 9.3%
Manufacturing 9.0%
Construction 7.5%
Public admin 7.3%
Education 6.3%
Transport & logistics 4.5%
ICT & software 4.1%
Hospitality 3.6%
Agriculture 2.8%
Finance 2.2%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 34.5K Business services 33.3K Health & care 23.3K Public admin 22.1K Education 18.1K Other services 16K ICT & software 11.4K Finance 8,733

Ranking in Uruguay

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 19 regions.

1Montevideo 31% 2Maldonado 30% 3Rivera 30% 4Artigas 29% 5Salto 29% 6Flores 29% 7Lavalleja 29%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Uruguay'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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