Kiribati

In Kiribati, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 11% of the median living standard, 14 times the share it takes in the United States; for 63% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 89% of people use the internet.

11%of the median living standard for a $20 planOceania median 11% · United States 0.79%

63%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 86k people

3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini

89%of people use the internetworld 74% · 136k people

The figuresKiribati

People136k

Median living standard$2,098a year per person · consumption

A $20 plan takes11%of that · 14× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth63%of people

Survey2023revalued at 2024 prices

GNI per person$3,930plan is 6.1% of it

Claude use per personnot reported

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 Oceania and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

Measure	Kiribati	Oceania	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	11%	11%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	63%	5%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	6.1%	3.0%	2.9%
People using the internet	89%	75%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	5.26×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	6	1,256

NeighboursMicronesia · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Kiribati	136k	89%	11%	63%	not reported	3 of 3
Guam	169k	81%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Micronesia	114k	40%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Northern Mariana Islands	44k	0%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Marshall Islands	36k	66%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Palau	18k	84%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Nauru	12k	83%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsKiribati against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

89%world 74%

People with electricity

98%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

54world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

0world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

5%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

–world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

22world 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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