> In Kenya, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 49% of the median living standard, 63 times the share it takes in the United States; for 98% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 35% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.34 times the world average. [World](https://themodelindex.org/world/) / Africa AI access, cost and use · Eastern Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026 # Kenya In Kenya, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 49% of the median living standard, 63 times the share it takes in the United States; for 98% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 35% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.34 times the world average. 49% of the median living standard for a $20 plan Africa median 38% · United States 0.79% 98% of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard about 56 m people 3of 3 leading services officially offered Claude · OpenAI · Gemini 35% of people use the internet world 74% · 58 m people ## The figures · Kenya People 58 m Median living standard $485a year per person · consumption A $20 plan takes 49%of that · 63× the US share For whom it is over a tenth 98%of people Survey 2022revalued at 2025 prices GNI per person $2,200plan is 11% of it Claude use per person 0.34×world average = 1 Notable AI models built here 0 ## Officially offered here · 3 of 3 [Run it yourself →](https://themodelindex.org/local/) Claude · claude.ai app Yes OpenAI · API Yes 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 Africa and the world · regional figures are medians or population-weighted | MEASURE | KENYA | AFRICA | WORLD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | 49% | 38% | 9.9% | | People for whom it is over a tenth | 98% | 96% | 63% | | Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 11% | 14% | 2.9% | | People using the internet | 35% | 40% | 74% | | Claude use per working-age person | 0.34× | 0.24× | 1.00× | | Notable AI models built | 0 | 0 | 1,256 | ## What it is used for · Kenya against the world [Report ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report) Kenya Work 51% Personal 30% Coursework 19% The world Work 42% Personal 41% Coursework 17% Share of the world's Claude use 0.27%0.70% of the world's people Work 51%world 42% Personal 30%world 41% Coursework 19%world 17% Handed over to the model (automation) 55%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 it · share of conversations Document or report 18% Explanation or answer 14% App or website 7% Advice or recommendation 7% The most common things people in Kenya ask Claude to produce. ## Neighbours · Eastern Africa · lightest burden first | COUNTRY | PEOPLE | ONLINE | $20 PLAN ÷ MEDIAN LIVING STANDARD | OVER A TENTH | CLAUDE USE PER PERSON | OFFICIAL LISTS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Seychelles](https://themodelindex.org/world/seychelles/) | 123k | 88% | 4.6% | 12% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Mauritius](https://themodelindex.org/world/mauritius/) | 1.2 m | 73% | 9.4% | 45% | 1.74× | 3 of 3 | | [Comoros](https://themodelindex.org/world/comoros/) | 883k | 33% | 15% | 76% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Djibouti](https://themodelindex.org/world/djibouti/) | 1.2 m | 65% | 24% | 89% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | Kenya | 58 m | 35% | 49% | 98% | 0.34× | 3 of 3 | | [Uganda](https://themodelindex.org/world/uganda/) | 51 m | 9% | 53% | 99% | 0.11× | 3 of 3 | | [Ethiopia](https://themodelindex.org/world/ethiopia/) | 135 m | 22% | 55% | 99%+ | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Rwanda](https://themodelindex.org/world/rwanda/) | 15 m | 32% | 60% | 98% | 0.20× | 3 of 3 | | [Tanzania](https://themodelindex.org/world/tanzania/) | 71 m | 31% | 76% | 99% | 0.07× | 3 of 3 | | [Madagascar](https://themodelindex.org/world/madagascar/) | 33 m | 19% | 85% | 99%+ | 0.10× | 3 of 3 | | [Malawi](https://themodelindex.org/world/malawi/) | 22 m | 19% | 90% | 99%+ | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Mozambique](https://themodelindex.org/world/mozambique/) | 36 m | 21% | 98% | 99% | 0.08× | 3 of 3 | | [Zambia](https://themodelindex.org/world/zambia/) | 22 m | 17% | 99% | 99% | 0.15× | 3 of 3 | | [Somalia](https://themodelindex.org/world/somalia/) | 20 m | 28% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Zimbabwe](https://themodelindex.org/world/zimbabwe/) | 17 m | 42% | no estimate | – | 0.20× | 3 of 3 | | [Burundi](https://themodelindex.org/world/burundi/) | 14 m | 9% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [South Sudan](https://themodelindex.org/world/south-sudan/) | 12 m | 7% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Eritrea](https://themodelindex.org/world/eritrea/) | 3.6 m | 14% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | [All countries →](https://themodelindex.org/world/) ## The foundations · Kenya against the world [World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator) People using the internet 35% world 74% People with electricity 77% world 92% Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 126 world 112 Fixed broadband lines per 100 people 3 world 20.1 Enrolled in university-level education 10% world 44% Research spending, share of GDP 0.81% world 2.6% Researchers per million people 384 world 1,652 Secure internet servers per million people 400 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/kenya/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01