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AI access, cost and use · Northern Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026

Algeria

In Algeria, a $20-a-month AI plan is 4.1% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 77% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.56 times the world average.

–of the median living standard for a $20 planlatest survey is from 2011
–of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
77%of people use the internetworld 74% · 47 m people

The figuresAlgeria

People47 m
Median living standardno estimatelatest survey is from 2011
A $20 plan takes–
For whom it is over a tenth–
GNI per person$5,850plan is 4.1% of it
Claude use per person0.56×world average = 1
Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here3 of 3

Run it yourself →
Claude · claude.ai appYes
OpenAI · APIYes
Gemini · web appYes

From each lab's own published list: Anthropic's Claude.ai countries, OpenAI's API countries and Google's Gemini web app countries. Not listed means not officially served; open-weight models can be run anywhere.

Against Africa and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureAlgeriaAfricaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard–38%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth–96%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person4.1%14%2.9%
People using the internet77%40%74%
Claude use per working-age person0.56×0.24×1.00×
Notable AI models built001,256

What it is used forAlgeria against the world

Report ↗
Algeria
Work 22%
Personal 31%
Coursework 47%
The world
Work 42%
Personal 41%
Coursework 17%
Share of the world's Claude use0.39%0.58% of the world's people
Work22%world 42%
Personal31%world 41%
Coursework47%world 17%
Handed over to the model (automation)47%world 48%

Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026: Claude.ai conversations by country. One product from one lab, so read it as a signal of who is using frontier models, not a census.

What people make with itshare of conversations

Explanation or answer21%
Document or report12%
Educational material8%
Advice or recommendation7%

The most common things people in Algeria ask Claude to produce.

NeighboursNorthern Africa · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Tunisia12 m76%14%74%1.40×3 of 3
Egypt118 m75%38%99%0.36×3 of 3
Sudan52 m19%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
Algeria47 m77%no estimate–0.56×3 of 3
Morocco38 m91%no estimate–0.90×3 of 3
Libya7.5 m82%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
All countries →

The foundationsAlgeria against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
77%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
115world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
13.3world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
54%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
0.44%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
1,764world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
119world 16,381

The latest World Bank figure for each measure. The tick marks the world figure.

A $20-a-month plan ($240 a year, US list price) against the median household living standard per person in each country. The median is from the latest national household survey (World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform), revalued from 2021 purchasing-power dollars into US dollars at recent prices and official exchange rates, assuming real living standards have not changed since the survey. Some surveys measure income and others consumption, which includes food people grow and housing they own, so this is a living standard, not cash to spare. Countries with no survey since 2015 or no defensible exchange rate are left blank.

World Bank household surveys ↗Anthropic countries ↗OpenAI countries ↗Gemini countries ↗Anthropic Economic Index ↗Epoch AI notable models ↗