> In Hong Kong, a $20-a-month AI plan is 0.38% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. Gemini is officially offered; Claude and OpenAI are not. 96% of people use the internet. [World](https://themodelindex.org/world/) / Asia AI access, cost and use · Eastern Asia · Asia · data read 1 Oct 2026 # Hong Kong In Hong Kong, a $20-a-month AI plan is 0.38% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. Gemini is officially offered; Claude and OpenAI are not. 96% of people use the internet. – of the median living standard for a $20 plan no recent household survey – of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard 1of 3 leading services officially offered Gemini 96% of people use the internet world 74% · 7.5 m people ## The figures · Hong Kong People 7.5 m Median living standard no estimateno national survey A $20 plan takes – For whom it is over a tenth – GNI per person $62,500plan is 0.38% of it Claude use per person not reported Notable AI models built here 156 since 2023 ## Officially offered here · 1 of 3 [Run it yourself →](https://themodelindex.org/local/) Claude · claude.ai app Not listed OpenAI · API Not listed 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 Asia and the world · regional figures are medians or population-weighted | MEASURE | HONG KONG | ASIA | WORLD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | – | 13% | 9.9% | | People for whom it is over a tenth | – | 72% | 63% | | Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 0.38% | 3.9% | 2.9% | | People using the internet | 96% | 76% | 74% | | Claude use per working-age person | not reported | 0.43× | 1.00× | | Notable AI models built | 15 | 283 | 1,256 | ## Neighbours · Eastern Asia · lightest burden first | COUNTRY | PEOPLE | ONLINE | $20 PLAN ÷ MEDIAN LIVING STANDARD | OVER A TENTH | CLAUDE USE PER PERSON | OFFICIAL LISTS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Korea](https://themodelindex.org/world/south-korea/) | 52 m | 98% | 1.6% | 1% | 3.78× | 3 of 3 | | [Japan](https://themodelindex.org/world/japan/) | 123 m | 86% | 1.9% | 3% | 1.91× | 3 of 3 | | [China](https://themodelindex.org/world/china/) | 1.41 bn | 92% | 8.8% | 42% | not reported | 0 of 3 | | [Mongolia](https://themodelindex.org/world/mongolia/) | 3.6 m | 85% | 14% | 72% | 1.37× | 3 of 3 | | [North Korea](https://themodelindex.org/world/north-korea/) | 27 m | 0% | no estimate | – | not reported | 0 of 3 | | Hong Kong | 7.5 m | 96% | no estimate | – | not reported | 1 of 3 | | [Macao](https://themodelindex.org/world/macao/) | 686k | 90% | no estimate | – | not reported | 1 of 3 | [All countries →](https://themodelindex.org/world/) ## The foundations · Hong Kong against the world [World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator) People using the internet 96% world 74% People with electricity 100% world 92% Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 365 world 112 Fixed broadband lines per 100 people 40.3 world 20.1 Enrolled in university-level education 120% world 44% Research spending, share of GDP 1.13% world 2.6% Researchers per million people 5,874 world 1,652 Secure internet servers per million people 156,139 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/hong-kong/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01