AI access, cost and use · South-eastern Asia · Asia · data read 1 Oct 2026

Timor-Leste

In Timor-Leste, a $20-a-month AI plan is 16% 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. 35% 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

35%of people use the internetworld 74% · 1.4 m people

The figuresTimor-Leste

People1.4 m

Median living standardno estimatelatest survey is from 2014

A $20 plan takes–

For whom it is over a tenth–

GNI per person$1,510plan is 16% 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

Measure	Timor-Leste	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	16%	3.9%	2.9%
People using the internet	35%	76%	74%
Claude use per working-age person	not reported	0.43×	1.00×
Notable AI models built	0	283	1,256

NeighboursSouth-eastern Asia · lightest burden first

Country	People	Online	$20 plan ÷ median living standard	Over a tenth	Claude use per person	Official lists
Malaysia	36 m	98%	5.6%	21%	0.87×	3 of 3
Thailand	72 m	91%	11%	56%	0.73×	3 of 3
Viet Nam	102 m	84%	14%	73%	0.53×	3 of 3
Indonesia	286 m	73%	27%	93%	0.46×	3 of 3
Philippines	117 m	67%	27%	94%	0.44×	3 of 3
Lao People's Democratic Republic	7.9 m	66%	33%	97%	not reported	3 of 3
Myanmar	55 m	45%	no estimate	–	not reported	2 of 3
Cambodia	18 m	68%	no estimate	–	0.21×	3 of 3
Singapore	6.1 m	94%	no estimate	–	5.81×	3 of 3
Timor-Leste	1.4 m	35%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3
Brunei Darussalam	466k	96%	no estimate	–	not reported	3 of 3

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The foundationsTimor-Leste against the world

World Bank ↗

People using the internet

35%world 74%

People with electricity

94%world 92%

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people

116world 112

Fixed broadband lines per 100 people

0world 20.1

Enrolled in university-level education

31%world 44%

Research spending, share of GDP

–world 2.6%

Researchers per million people

–world 1,652

Secure internet servers per million people

265world 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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