> In Peru, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 9.6% of the median living standard, 12 times the share it takes in the United States; for 48% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 82% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 1.05 times the world average.

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

# Peru

In Peru, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 9.6% of the median living standard, 12 times the share it takes in the United States; for 48% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 82% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 1.05 times the world average.

9.6%

of the median living standard for a $20 plan

South America median 8.8% · United States 0.79%

48%

of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard

about 16 m people

3of 3

leading services officially offered

Claude · OpenAI · Gemini

82%

of people use the internet

world 74% · 35 m people

## The figures · Peru

People

35 m

Median living standard

$2,501a year per person · income

A $20 plan takes

9.6%of that · 12× the US share

For whom it is over a tenth

48%of people

Survey

2024revalued at 2025 prices

GNI per person

$8,430plan is 2.9% of it

Claude use per person

1.05×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 South America and the world · regional figures are medians or population-weighted

| MEASURE | PERU | SOUTH AMERICA | WORLD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | 9.6% | 8.8% | 9.9% |
| People for whom it is over a tenth | 48% | 39% | 63% |
| Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| People using the internet | 82% | 84% | 74% |
| Claude use per working-age person | 1.05× | 1.31× | 1.00× |
| Notable AI models built | 0 | 1 | 1,256 |

## What it is used for · Peru against the world

[Report ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report)

Peru

Work 36%

Personal 22%

Coursework 42%

The world

Work 42%

Personal 41%

Coursework 17%

Share of the world's Claude use

0.57%0.42% of the world's people

Work

36%world 42%

Personal

22%world 41%

Coursework

42%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 it · share of conversations

Document or report

21%

Explanation or answer

13%

Educational material

6%

Advice or recommendation

5%

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

## Neighbours · South America · lightest burden first

| COUNTRY | PEOPLE | ONLINE | $20 PLAN ÷ MEDIAN LIVING STANDARD | OVER A TENTH | CLAUDE USE PER PERSON | OFFICIAL LISTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Uruguay](https://themodelindex.org/world/uruguay/) | 3.4 m | 92% | 2.8% | 5% | 1.89× | 3 of 3 |
| [Chile](https://themodelindex.org/world/chile/) | 20 m | 96% | 4.1% | 8% | 1.84× | 3 of 3 |
| [Argentina](https://themodelindex.org/world/argentina/) | 46 m | 90% | 5.0% | 19% | 1.48× | 3 of 3 |
| [Brazil](https://themodelindex.org/world/brazil/) | 213 m | 84% | 7.1% | 35% | 0.96× | 3 of 3 |
| [Bolivia](https://themodelindex.org/world/bolivia/) | 13 m | 80% | 8.4% | 41% | 0.56× | 3 of 3 |
| [Suriname](https://themodelindex.org/world/suriname/) | 640k | 87% | 9.1% | 45% | not reported | 3 of 3 |
| Peru | 35 m | 82% | 9.6% | 48% | 1.05× | 3 of 3 |
| [Paraguay](https://themodelindex.org/world/paraguay/) | 7.0 m | 82% | 9.7% | 48% | 0.59× | 3 of 3 |
| [Ecuador](https://themodelindex.org/world/ecuador/) | 18 m | 77% | 9.9% | 49% | 0.58× | 3 of 3 |
| [Colombia](https://themodelindex.org/world/colombia/) | 53 m | 79% | 11% | 55% | 1.18× | 3 of 3 |
| [Venezuela](https://themodelindex.org/world/venezuela/) | 29 m | 77% | no estimate | – | not reported | 1 of 3 |
| [Guyana](https://themodelindex.org/world/guyana/) | 836k | 83% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 |

[All countries →](https://themodelindex.org/world/)

## The foundations · Peru against the world

[World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator)

People using the internet

82%

world 74%

People with electricity

96%

world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

125

world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

11.7

world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

71%

world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

0.18%

world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–

world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

827

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)

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Source: https://themodelindex.org/world/peru/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01