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AI access, cost and use · Australia and New Zealand · Oceania · data read 1 Oct 2026

Australia

In Australia, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 0.95% of the median living standard, 1.2 times the share it takes in the United States; for 1% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 96% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 6.40 times the world average.

0.95%of the median living standard for a $20 planOceania median 11% · United States 0.79%

1%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 331k people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

96%of people use the internetworld 74% · 28 m people

The figuresAustralia

People28 m

Median living standard$25,328a year per person · income

A $20 plan takes0.95%of that · 1.2× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth1%of people

Survey2020revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person$64,120plan is 0.37% of it

Claude use per person6.40×world average = 1

Notable AI models built here62 since 2023

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 Oceania and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Australia	Oceania	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	0.95%	11%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	1%	5%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	0.37%	3.0%	2.9%
People using the internet	96%	75%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	6.40×	5.26×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	6	6	1,256

What it is used forAustralia against the world

Report ↗

Australia

Work 43%

Personal 37%

Coursework 21%

The world

Work 42%

Personal 41%

Coursework 17%

Share of the world's Claude use2.6%0.34% of the world's people

Work43%world 42%

Personal37%world 41%

Coursework21%world 17%

Handed over to the model (automation)46%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

Document or report18%

Explanation or answer15%

Advice or recommendation11%

Email or message6%

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

NeighboursAustralia and New Zealand · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Australia	28 m	96%	0.95%	1%	6.40×	3 of 3
Vanuatu	335k	22%	11%	54%	not reported	3 of 3
Kiribati	136k	89%	11%	63%	not reported	3 of 3
Fiji	933k	75%	20%	89%	not reported	3 of 3
Papua New Guinea	11 m	19%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
New Zealand	5.3 m	94%	no estimate	–	4.84×	3 of 3
Solomon Islands	839k	29%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
New Caledonia	295k	82%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
French Polynesia	282k	73%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Samoa	219k	21%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Guam	169k	81%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Micronesia	114k	40%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsAustralia against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

96%world 74%

People with electricity

100%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

113world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

36.5world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

108%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

1.86%world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

4,569world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

44,299world 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 ↗