AI access, cost and use · Eastern Europe · Europe · data read 1 Oct 2026

Belarus

In Belarus, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 11% of the median living standard, 14 times the share it takes in the United States; for 58% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. None of Claude, OpenAI's API or Gemini is officially offered. 94% of people use the internet.

11%of the median living standard for a $20 planEurope median 2.0% · United States 0.79%

58%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 5.2 m people

0of 3leading services officially offerednone listed

94%of people use the internetworld 74% · 9.1 m people

The figuresBelarus

People9.1 m

Median living standard$2,206a year per person · consumption

A $20 plan takes11%of that · 14× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth58%of people

Survey2020revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person$9,160plan is 2.6% of it

Claude use per personnot reported

Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here0 of 3

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Claude · claude.ai appNot listed

OpenAI · APINot listed

Gemini · web appNot listed

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 Europe and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Belarus	Europe	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	11%	2.0%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	58%	9%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	2.6%	0.67%	2.9%
People using the internet	94%	92%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	2.45×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	214	1,256

NeighboursEastern Europe · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Czechia	11 m	88%	2.0%	1%	1.84×	3 of 3
Poland	36 m	89%	2.5%	1%	1.33×	3 of 3
Slovakia	5.4 m	90%	3.1%	3%	1.43×	3 of 3
Romania	19 m	91%	3.7%	9%	1.37×	3 of 3
Bulgaria	6.4 m	82%	3.8%	8%	1.36×	3 of 3
Hungary	9.5 m	94%	4.3%	7%	1.07×	3 of 3
Russia	144 m	94%	5.4%	14%	not reported	0 of 3
Moldova	2.4 m	77%	9.4%	45%	1.45×	3 of 3
Belarus	9.1 m	94%	11%	58%	not reported	0 of 3
Ukraine	39 m	82%	14%	79%	0.78×	3 of 3

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The foundationsBelarus against the world

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People using the internet

94%world 74%

People with electricity

100%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

131world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

36.3world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

70%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

0.59%world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

1,568world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

12,730world 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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