> In South Sudan, a $20-a-month AI plan is 23% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 7% of people use the internet. [World](https://themodelindex.org/world/) / Africa AI access, cost and use · Eastern Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026 # South Sudan In South Sudan, a $20-a-month AI plan is 23% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 7% of people use the internet. – of the median living standard for a $20 plan official and parallel exchange rates diverge widely – of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard 3of 3 leading services officially offered Claude · OpenAI · Gemini 7% of people use the internet world 74% · 12 m people ## The figures · South Sudan People 12 m Median living standard no estimateofficial and parallel exchange rates diverge widely A $20 plan takes – For whom it is over a tenth – GNI per person $1,050plan is 23% of it Claude use per person not reported 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 | SOUTH SUDAN | AFRICA | WORLD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | – | 38% | 9.9% | | People for whom it is over a tenth | – | 96% | 63% | | Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 23% | 14% | 2.9% | | People using the internet | 7% | 40% | 74% | | Claude use per working-age person | not reported | 0.24× | 1.00× | | Notable AI models built | 0 | 0 | 1,256 | ## 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](https://themodelindex.org/world/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 | 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 · South Sudan against the world [World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator) People using the internet 7% world 74% People with electricity 5% world 92% Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 47 world 112 Fixed broadband lines per 100 people 0 world 20.1 Enrolled in university-level education – world 44% Research spending, share of GDP – world 2.6% Researchers per million people – world 1,652 Secure internet servers per million people 5 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/south-sudan/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01