World/South America

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

Brazil

In Brazil, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 7.1% of the median living standard, 9.0 times the share it takes in the United States; for 35% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 84% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.96 times the world average.

7.1%of the median living standard for a $20 planSouth America median 8.8% · United States 0.79%

35%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 74 m people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

84%of people use the internetworld 74% · 213 m people

The figuresBrazil

People213 m

Median living standard$3,391a year per person · income

A $20 plan takes7.1%of that · 9.0× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth35%of people

Survey2024revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person$10,550plan is 2.3% of it

Claude use per person0.96×world average = 1

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

Measure	Brazil	South America	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	7.1%	8.8%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	35%	39%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	2.3%	2.9%	2.9%
People using the internet	84%	84%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	0.96×	1.31×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	1	1,256

What it is used forBrazil against the world

Report ↗

Brazil

Work 57%

Personal 31%

The world

Work 42%

Personal 41%

Coursework 17%

Share of the world's Claude use3.3%2.6% of the world's people

Work57%world 42%

Personal31%world 41%

Coursework12%world 17%

Handed over to the model (automation)51%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 report19%

Explanation or answer13%

Advice or recommendation7%

App or website6%

The most common things people in Brazil 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

All countries →

The foundationsBrazil against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

84%world 74%

People with electricity

100%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

102world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

24.1world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

70%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

1.19%world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

903world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

6,941world 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 ↗