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AI access, cost and use · Northern Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026

Sudan

In Sudan, a $20-a-month AI plan is 27% 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. 19% of people use the internet.

–of the median living standard for a $20 planlatest survey is from 2014
–of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
19%of people use the internetworld 74% · 52 m people

The figuresSudan

People52 m
Median living standardno estimatelatest survey is from 2014
A $20 plan takes–
For whom it is over a tenth–
GNI per person$900plan is 27% 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 Africa and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureSudanAfricaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard–38%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth–96%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person27%14%2.9%
People using the internet19%40%74%
Claude use per working-age personnot reported0.24×1.00×
Notable AI models built001,256

NeighboursNorthern Africa · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Tunisia12 m76%14%74%1.40×3 of 3
Egypt118 m75%38%99%0.36×3 of 3
Sudan52 m19%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
Algeria47 m77%no estimate–0.56×3 of 3
Morocco38 m91%no estimate–0.90×3 of 3
Libya7.5 m82%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
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The foundationsSudan against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
19%world 74%
People with electricity
66%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
70world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
0.1world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
16%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
0.23%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
–world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
2world 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 ↗Anthropic countries ↗OpenAI countries ↗Gemini countries ↗Anthropic Economic Index ↗Epoch AI notable models ↗