North Korea

None of Claude, OpenAI's API or Gemini is officially offered in North Korea. 0% 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

0of 3leading services officially offerednone listed

0%of people use the internetworld 74% · 27 m people

The figuresNorth Korea

People27 m

Median living standardno estimateno national survey

A $20 plan takes–

For whom it is over a tenth–

GNI per person–

Claude use per personnot reported

Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here0 of 3

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Claude · claude.ai appNot listed

OpenAI · APINot listed

Gemini · web appNot listed

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

Measure	North Korea	Asia	World
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard	–	13%	9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth	–	72%	63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person	–	3.9%	2.9%
People using the internet	0%	76%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	0.43×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	283	1,256

NeighboursEastern Asia · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
South Korea	52 m	98%	1.6%	1%	3.78×	3 of 3
Japan	123 m	86%	1.9%	3%	1.91×	3 of 3
China	1.41 bn	92%	8.8%	42%	not reported	0 of 3
Mongolia	3.6 m	85%	14%	72%	1.37×	3 of 3
North Korea	27 m	0%	no estimate	–	not reported	0 of 3
Hong Kong	7.5 m	96%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3
Macao	686k	90%	no estimate	–	not reported	1 of 3

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The foundationsNorth Korea against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

0%world 74%

People with electricity

61%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

24world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

–world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

27%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

–world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

10world 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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