Belize

In Belize, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 6.8% of the median living standard, 8.6 times the share it takes in the United States; for 29% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 80% of people use the internet.

6.8%of the median living standard for a $20 planNorth America median 6.4% · United States 0.79%

29%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 122k people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

80%of people use the internetworld 74% · 423k people

The figuresBelize

People423k

Median living standard$3,525a year per person · consumption

A $20 plan takes6.8%of that · 8.6× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth29%of people

Survey2018revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person$7,530plan is 3.2% 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	Belize	North America	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	6.8%	6.4%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	29%	12%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	3.2%	1.3%	2.9%
People using the internet	80%	88%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	3.32×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	752	1,256

NeighboursCentral America · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Costa Rica	5.2 m	87%	3.6%	10%	1.57×	3 of 3
Panama	4.6 m	73%	6.0%	29%	1.28×	3 of 3
Mexico	132 m	83%	6.6%	27%	0.63×	3 of 3
Belize	423k	80%	6.8%	29%	not reported	3 of 3
El Salvador	6.4 m	66%	9.9%	50%	0.59×	3 of 3
Honduras	11 m	59%	14%	64%	0.26×	3 of 3
Guatemala	19 m	60%	14%	67%	0.37×	3 of 3
Nicaragua	7.0 m	61%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsBelize against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

80%world 74%

People with electricity

100%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

67world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

9.8world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

25%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

–world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

464,560world 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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