Barbados

In Barbados, a $20-a-month AI plan is 0.89% 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. 70% of people use the internet.

–of the median living standard for a $20 planno consumer-price or exchange-rate series

–of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

70%of people use the internetworld 74% · 283k people

The figuresBarbados

People283k

Median living standardno estimateno consumer-price or exchange-rate series

A $20 plan takes–

For whom it is over a tenth–

GNI per person$27,080plan is 0.89% of it

Claude use per personnot reported

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

Measure	Barbados	North America	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	–	6.4%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	–	12%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	0.89%	1.3%	2.9%
People using the internet	70%	88%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	3.32×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	752	1,256

NeighboursCaribbean · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Saint Lucia	180k	68%	4.0%	9%	not reported	3 of 3
Jamaica	2.8 m	90%	6.3%	26%	0.66×	3 of 3
Grenada	117k	70%	6.4%	22%	not reported	3 of 3
Dominican Republic	12 m	91%	8.2%	39%	0.67×	3 of 3
Haiti	12 m	48%	no estimate	–	0.14×	3 of 3
Cuba	11 m	70%	no estimate	–	not reported	0 of 3
Puerto Rico	3.2 m	87%	no estimate	–	1.68×	1 of 3
Trinidad and Tobago	1.4 m	82%	no estimate	–	1.05×	3 of 3
Bahamas	403k	92%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Barbados	283k	70%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Curaçao	156k	68%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Aruba	109k	97%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104k	64%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100k	76%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Antigua and Barbuda	94k	73%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Cayman Islands	76k	81%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Dominica	66k	82%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	47k	77%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Turks and Caicos Islands	47k	0%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44k	–	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Virgin Islands (British)	40k	78%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Saint Martin (French part)	25k	–	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3

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The foundationsBarbados against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

70%world 74%

People with electricity

100%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

115world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

37.5world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

51%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

–world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

1,172world 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.

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