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

Eritrea

In Eritrea, a $20-a-month AI plan is 37% 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. 14% of people use the internet.

–of the median living standard for a $20 planno recent household survey

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

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

14%of people use the internetworld 74% · 3.6 m people

The figuresEritrea

People3.6 m

Median living standardno estimateno national survey

A $20 plan takes–

For whom it is over a tenth–

GNI per person$650plan is 37% of it

Claude use per personnot reported

Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here3 of 3

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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 Africa and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Eritrea	Africa	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	–	38%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	–	96%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	37%	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

NeighboursEastern Africa · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Seychelles	123k	88%	4.6%	12%	not reported	3 of 3
Mauritius	1.2 m	73%	9.4%	45%	1.74×	3 of 3
Comoros	883k	33%	15%	76%	not reported	3 of 3
Djibouti	1.2 m	65%	24%	89%	not reported	3 of 3
Kenya	58 m	35%	49%	98%	0.34×	3 of 3
Uganda	51 m	9%	53%	99%	0.11×	3 of 3
Ethiopia	135 m	22%	55%	99%+	not reported	3 of 3
Rwanda	15 m	32%	60%	98%	0.20×	3 of 3
Tanzania	71 m	31%	76%	99%	0.07×	3 of 3
Madagascar	33 m	19%	85%	99%+	0.10×	3 of 3
Malawi	22 m	19%	90%	99%+	not reported	3 of 3
Mozambique	36 m	21%	98%	99%	0.08×	3 of 3
Zambia	22 m	17%	99%	99%	0.15×	3 of 3
Somalia	20 m	28%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Zimbabwe	17 m	42%	no estimate	–	0.20×	3 of 3
Burundi	14 m	9%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
South Sudan	12 m	7%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Eritrea	3.6 m	14%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsEritrea against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

14%world 74%

People with electricity

55%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

59world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

0.2world 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

2world 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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