World/South America

AI access, cost and use · South America · data read 1 Oct 2026

Argentina

In Argentina, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 5.0% of the median living standard, 6.3 times the share it takes in the United States; for 19% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 90% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 1.48 times the world average.

5.0%of the median living standard for a $20 planSouth America median 8.8% · United States 0.79%

19%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 8.9 m people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

90%of people use the internetworld 74% · 46 m people

The figuresArgentina

People46 m

Median living standard$4,807a year per person · income, urban only

A $20 plan takes5.0%of that · 6.3× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth19%of people

Survey2024revalued at 2024 prices

GNI per person$14,650plan is 1.6% of it

Claude use per person1.48×world average = 1

Notable AI models built here1

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 South America and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Argentina	South America	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	5.0%	8.8%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	19%	39%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	1.6%	2.9%	2.9%
People using the internet	90%	84%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	1.48×	1.31×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	1	1	1,256

What it is used forArgentina against the world

Report ↗

Argentina

Work 47%

Personal 34%

Coursework 19%

The world

Work 42%

Personal 41%

Coursework 17%

Share of the world's Claude use1.1%0.56% of the world's people

Work47%world 42%

Personal34%world 41%

Coursework19%world 17%

Handed over to the model (automation)48%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 answer16%

Document or report15%

Advice or recommendation8%

Analysis or summary6%

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

NeighboursSouth America · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Uruguay	3.4 m	92%	2.8%	5%	1.89×	3 of 3
Chile	20 m	96%	4.1%	8%	1.84×	3 of 3
Argentina	46 m	90%	5.0%	19%	1.48×	3 of 3
Brazil	213 m	84%	7.1%	35%	0.96×	3 of 3
Bolivia	13 m	80%	8.4%	41%	0.56×	3 of 3
Suriname	640k	87%	9.1%	45%	not reported	3 of 3
Peru	35 m	82%	9.6%	48%	1.05×	3 of 3
Paraguay	7.0 m	82%	9.7%	48%	0.59×	3 of 3
Ecuador	18 m	77%	9.9%	49%	0.58×	3 of 3
Colombia	53 m	79%	11%	55%	1.18×	3 of 3
Venezuela	29 m	77%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Guyana	836k	83%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsArgentina against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

90%world 74%

People with electricity

98%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

140world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

26.1world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

108%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

0.6%world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

1,313world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

5,453world 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 ↗