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

France

In France, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 1.2% of the median living standard, 1.5 times the share it takes in the United States; for 0% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 89% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 3.97 times the world average.

1.2%of the median living standard for a $20 planEurope median 2.0% · United States 0.79%
0%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 158k people
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
89%of people use the internetworld 74% · 69 m people

The figuresFrance

People69 m
Median living standard$20,550a year per person · income
A $20 plan takes1.2%of that · 1.5× the US share
For whom it is over a tenth0%of people
Survey2023revalued at 2025 prices
GNI per person$48,630plan is 0.49% of it
Claude use per person3.97×world average = 1
Notable AI models built here5010 since 2023

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 Europe and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureFranceEuropeWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard1.2%2.0%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth0%9%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person0.49%0.67%2.9%
People using the internet89%92%74%
Claude use per working-age person3.97×2.45×1.00×
Notable AI models built502141,256

What it is used forFrance against the world

Report ↗
France
Work 34%
Personal 48%
Coursework 18%
The world
Work 42%
Personal 41%
Coursework 17%
Share of the world's Claude use4.0%0.84% of the world's people
Work34%world 42%
Personal48%world 41%
Coursework18%world 17%
Handed over to the model (automation)46%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

Explanation or answer19%
Document or report14%
Advice or recommendation12%
Email or message6%

The most common things people in France ask Claude to produce.

NeighboursWestern Europe · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Switzerland9.1 m97%0.57%0%5.02×3 of 3
Luxembourg687k99%0.59%0%4.85×3 of 3
Netherlands18 m97%0.87%0%3.90×3 of 3
Austria9.2 m92%0.87%1%2.61×3 of 3
Belgium12 m96%0.99%0%3.80×3 of 3
Germany83 m93%1.0%1%2.40×3 of 3
France69 m89%1.2%0%3.97×3 of 3
Liechtenstein41k98%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
Monaco38k99%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
All countries →

The foundationsFrance against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
89%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
117world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
48.9world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
72%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
2.18%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
5,369world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
57,275world 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 ↗