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

Guyana

In Guyana, a $20-a-month AI plan is 0.84% 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. 83% of people use the internet.

–of the median living standard for a $20 planlatest survey is from 1998
–of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
83%of people use the internetworld 74% · 836k people

The figuresGuyana

People836k
Median living standardno estimatelatest survey is from 1998
A $20 plan takes–
For whom it is over a tenth–
GNI per person$28,470plan is 0.84% 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 South America and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureGuyanaSouth AmericaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard–8.8%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth–39%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person0.84%2.9%2.9%
People using the internet83%84%74%
Claude use per working-age personnot reported1.31×1.00×
Notable AI models built011,256

NeighboursSouth America · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Uruguay3.4 m92%2.8%5%1.89×3 of 3
Chile20 m96%4.1%8%1.84×3 of 3
Argentina46 m90%5.0%19%1.48×3 of 3
Brazil213 m84%7.1%35%0.96×3 of 3
Bolivia13 m80%8.4%41%0.56×3 of 3
Suriname640k87%9.1%45%not reported3 of 3
Peru35 m82%9.6%48%1.05×3 of 3
Paraguay7.0 m82%9.7%48%0.59×3 of 3
Ecuador18 m77%9.9%49%0.58×3 of 3
Colombia53 m79%11%55%1.18×3 of 3
Venezuela29 m77%no estimate–not reported1 of 3
Guyana836k83%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
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The foundationsGuyana against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
83%world 74%
People with electricity
93%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
113world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
12.9world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
26%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
–world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
–world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
176world 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 ↗