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AI access, cost and use · Central Asia · Asia · data read 1 Oct 2026

Tajikistan

In Tajikistan, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 25% of the median living standard, 32 times the share it takes in the United States; for 94% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 56% of people use the internet.

25%of the median living standard for a $20 planAsia median 13% · United States 0.79%
94%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 10 m people
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
56%of people use the internetworld 74% · 11 m people

The figuresTajikistan

People11 m
Median living standard$946a year per person · consumption
A $20 plan takes25%of that · 32× the US share
For whom it is over a tenth94%of people
Survey2024revalued at 2024 prices
GNI per person$2,080plan is 12% 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 Asia and the worldregional figures are medians or population-weighted

MeasureTajikistanAsiaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard25%13%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth94%72%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person12%3.9%2.9%
People using the internet56%76%74%
Claude use per working-age personnot reported0.43×1.00×
Notable AI models built02831,256

NeighboursCentral Asia · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Uzbekistan37 m90%12%61%0.30×3 of 3
Kazakhstan21 m93%12%66%0.71×3 of 3
Tajikistan11 m56%25%94%not reported3 of 3
Kyrgyzstan7.3 m92%26%97%0.35×3 of 3
Turkmenistan7.6 m18%no estimate–not reported3 of 3
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The foundationsTajikistan against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
56%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
76world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
1world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
36%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
0.09%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
–world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
152world 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 ↗