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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 planno recent household survey
–of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard
1of 3leading services officially offeredGemini
96%of people use the internetworld 74% · 7.5 m people

The figuresHong Kong

People7.5 m
Median living standardno 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 personnot reported
Notable AI models built here156 since 2023

Officially offered here1 of 3

Run it yourself →
Claude · claude.ai appNot listed
OpenAI · APINot listed
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 Asia and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureHong KongAsiaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard–13%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth–72%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person0.38%3.9%2.9%
People using the internet96%76%74%
Claude use per working-age personnot reported0.43×1.00×
Notable AI models built152831,256

NeighboursEastern Asia · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
South Korea52 m98%1.6%1%3.78×3 of 3
Japan123 m86%1.9%3%1.91×3 of 3
China1.41 bn92%8.8%42%not reported0 of 3
Mongolia3.6 m85%14%72%1.37×3 of 3
North Korea27 m0%no estimate–not reported0 of 3
Hong Kong7.5 m96%no estimate–not reported1 of 3
Macao686k90%no estimate–not reported1 of 3
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The foundationsHong Kong against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
96%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
365world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
40.3world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
120%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
1.13%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
5,874world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
156,139world 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 ↗