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

Hungary

In Hungary, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 4.3% of the median living standard, 5.5 times the share it takes in the United States; for 7% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 94% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 1.07 times the world average.

4.3%of the median living standard for a $20 planEurope median 2.0% · United States 0.79%
7%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 684k people
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
94%of people use the internetworld 74% · 9.5 m people

The figuresHungary

People9.5 m
Median living standard$5,515a year per person · income
A $20 plan takes4.3%of that · 5.5× the US share
For whom it is over a tenth7%of people
Survey2017revalued at 2025 prices
GNI per person$23,850plan is 1.0% of it
Claude use per person1.07×world average = 1
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 Europe and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureHungaryEuropeWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard4.3%2.0%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth7%9%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person1.0%0.67%2.9%
People using the internet94%92%74%
Claude use per working-age person1.07×2.45×1.00×
Notable AI models built02141,256

What it is used forHungary against the world

Report ↗
Hungary
Work 38%
Personal 45%
Coursework 17%
The world
Work 42%
Personal 41%
Coursework 17%
Share of the world's Claude use0.16%0.12% of the world's people
Work38%world 42%
Personal45%world 41%
Coursework17%world 17%
Handed over to the model (automation)48%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 answer20%
Document or report12%
Advice or recommendation12%
Analysis or summary5%

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

NeighboursEastern Europe · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Czechia11 m88%2.0%1%1.84×3 of 3
Poland36 m89%2.5%1%1.33×3 of 3
Slovakia5.4 m90%3.1%3%1.43×3 of 3
Romania19 m91%3.7%9%1.37×3 of 3
Bulgaria6.4 m82%3.8%8%1.36×3 of 3
Hungary9.5 m94%4.3%7%1.07×3 of 3
Russia144 m94%5.4%14%not reported0 of 3
Moldova2.4 m77%9.4%45%1.45×3 of 3
Belarus9.1 m94%11%58%not reported0 of 3
Ukraine39 m82%14%79%0.78×3 of 3
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The foundationsHungary against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
94%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
105world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
37.5world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
61%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
1.38%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
4,567world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
55,077world 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 ↗