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

Jamaica

In Jamaica, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 6.3% of the median living standard, 7.9 times the share it takes in the United States; for 26% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 90% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.66 times the world average.

6.3%of the median living standard for a $20 planNorth America median 6.4% · United States 0.79%

26%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 740k people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

90%of people use the internetworld 74% · 2.8 m people

The figuresJamaica

People2.8 m

Median living standard$3,830a year per person · consumption

A $20 plan takes6.3%of that · 7.9× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth26%of people

Survey2021revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person$7,790plan is 3.1% of it

Claude use per person0.66×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 North America and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Jamaica	North America	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	6.3%	6.4%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	26%	12%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	3.1%	1.3%	2.9%
People using the internet	90%	88%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	0.66×	3.32×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	752	1,256

What it is used forJamaica against the world

Report ↗

Jamaica

Work 43%

Personal 38%

Coursework 19%

The world

Work 42%

Personal 41%

Coursework 17%

Share of the world's Claude use0.03%0.03% of the world's people

Work43%world 42%

Personal38%world 41%

Coursework19%world 17%

Handed over to the model (automation)49%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

Document or report18%

Explanation or answer13%

Advice or recommendation10%

Educational material5%

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

NeighboursCaribbean · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Saint Lucia	180k	68%	4.0%	9%	not reported	3 of 3
Jamaica	2.8 m	90%	6.3%	26%	0.66×	3 of 3
Grenada	117k	70%	6.4%	22%	not reported	3 of 3
Dominican Republic	12 m	91%	8.2%	39%	0.67×	3 of 3
Haiti	12 m	48%	no estimate	–	0.14×	3 of 3
Cuba	11 m	70%	no estimate	–	not reported	0 of 3
Puerto Rico	3.2 m	87%	no estimate	–	1.68×	1 of 3
Trinidad and Tobago	1.4 m	82%	no estimate	–	1.05×	3 of 3
Bahamas	403k	92%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Barbados	283k	70%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Curaçao	156k	68%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Aruba	109k	97%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104k	64%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100k	76%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Antigua and Barbuda	94k	73%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Cayman Islands	76k	81%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Dominica	66k	82%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	47k	77%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Turks and Caicos Islands	47k	0%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44k	–	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Virgin Islands (British)	40k	78%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Saint Martin (French part)	25k	–	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3

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The foundationsJamaica against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

90%world 74%

People with electricity

98%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

118world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

16world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

26%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

0.06%world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

192world 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.

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