> In the Central African Republic, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 65% of the median living standard, 82 times the share it takes in the United States; for 99% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 14% of people use the internet. [World](https://themodelindex.org/world/) / Africa AI access, cost and use · Middle Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026 # Central African Republic In the Central African Republic, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 65% of the median living standard, 82 times the share it takes in the United States; for 99% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 14% of people use the internet. 65% of the median living standard for a $20 plan Africa median 38% · United States 0.79% 99% of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard about 5.4 m people 3of 3 leading services officially offered Claude · OpenAI · Gemini 14% of people use the internet world 74% · 5.5 m people ## The figures · Central African Republic People 5.5 m Median living standard $372a year per person · consumption A $20 plan takes 65%of that · 82× the US share For whom it is over a tenth 99%of people Survey 2021revalued at 2025 prices GNI per person $560plan is 43% of it Claude use per person not reported Notable AI models built here 0 ## Officially offered here · 3 of 3 [Run it yourself →](https://themodelindex.org/local/) Claude · claude.ai app Yes OpenAI · API Yes Gemini · web app Yes 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 Africa and the world · regional figures are medians or population-weighted | MEASURE | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | AFRICA | WORLD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | 65% | 38% | 9.9% | | People for whom it is over a tenth | 99% | 96% | 63% | | Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 43% | 14% | 2.9% | | People using the internet | 14% | 40% | 74% | | Claude use per working-age person | not reported | 0.24× | 1.00× | | Notable AI models built | 0 | 0 | 1,256 | ## Neighbours · Middle Africa · lightest burden first | COUNTRY | PEOPLE | ONLINE | $20 PLAN ÷ MEDIAN LIVING STANDARD | OVER A TENTH | CLAUDE USE PER PERSON | OFFICIAL LISTS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gabon](https://themodelindex.org/world/gabon/) | 2.6 m | 69% | 10% | 51% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Sao Tome and Principe](https://themodelindex.org/world/sao-tome-and-principe/) | 240k | 59% | 14% | 71% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Equatorial Guinea](https://themodelindex.org/world/equatorial-guinea/) | 1.9 m | 63% | 18% | 78% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Cameroon](https://themodelindex.org/world/cameroon/) | 30 m | 46% | 31% | 93% | 0.38× | 3 of 3 | | [Angola](https://themodelindex.org/world/angola/) | 39 m | 41% | 36% | 92% | 0.10× | 3 of 3 | | [Chad](https://themodelindex.org/world/chad/) | 21 m | 13% | 39% | 97% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | Central African Republic | 5.5 m | 14% | 65% | 99% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [DR Congo](https://themodelindex.org/world/dr-congo/) | 113 m | 20% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Congo](https://themodelindex.org/world/congo/) | 6.5 m | 47% | no estimate | – | 0.24× | 3 of 3 | [All countries →](https://themodelindex.org/world/) ## The foundations · Central African Republic against the world [World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator) People using the internet 14% world 74% People with electricity 18% world 92% Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 39 world 112 Fixed broadband lines per 100 people 0 world 20.1 Enrolled in university-level education 3% world 44% Research spending, share of GDP – world 2.6% Researchers per million people – world 1,652 Secure internet servers per million people 2 world 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 ↗](https://pip.worldbank.org/) [Anthropic countries ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/supported-countries) [OpenAI countries ↗](https://platform.openai.com/docs/supported-countries) [Gemini countries ↗](https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13575153) [Anthropic Economic Index ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report) [Epoch AI notable models ↗](https://epoch.ai/data/notable-ai-models) --- Source: https://themodelindex.org/world/central-african-republic/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01