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

United Arab Emirates

In the United Arab Emirates, a $20-a-month AI plan costs 1.1% of the median living standard, 1.3 times the share it takes in the United States; for 1% of people it is over a tenth of what they live on. Claude, OpenAI's API and Gemini are all officially offered. 100% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 2.84 times the world average.

1.1%of the median living standard for a $20 planAsia median 13% · United States 0.79%
1%of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standardabout 67k people
3of 3leading services officially offeredClaude · OpenAI · Gemini
100%of people use the internetworld 74% · 12 m people

The figuresUnited Arab Emirates

People12 m
Median living standard$22,848a year per person · income
A $20 plan takes1.1%of that · 1.3× the US share
For whom it is over a tenth1%of people
Survey2018revalued at 2025 prices
GNI per person$51,550plan is 0.47% of it
Claude use per person2.84×world average = 1
Notable AI models built here33 since 2023

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

MeasureUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard1.1%13%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth1%72%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person0.47%3.9%2.9%
People using the internet100%76%74%
Claude use per working-age person2.84×0.43×1.00×
Notable AI models built32831,256

What it is used forUnited Arab Emirates against the world

Report ↗
United Arab Emirates
Work 55%
Personal 36%
The world
Work 42%
Personal 41%
Coursework 17%
Share of the world's Claude use0.61%0.14% of the world's people
Work55%world 42%
Personal36%world 41%
Coursework9%world 17%
Handed over to the model (automation)50%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 itshare of conversations

Document or report15%
Explanation or answer13%
Advice or recommendation11%
Email or message7%

The most common things people in the United Arab Emirates ask Claude to produce.

NeighboursWestern Asia · lightest burden first

CountryPeopleOnline$20 plan ÷ median living standardOver a tenthClaude use per personOfficial lists
Qatar3.0 m98%1.0%0%1.66×3 of 3
United Arab Emirates12 m100%1.1%1%2.84×3 of 3
Israel10 m88%1.3%1%3.05×3 of 3
Cyprus1.4 m90%1.6%0%3.08×3 of 3
Türkiye86 m90%5.5%20%0.64×3 of 3
Lebanon5.8 m81%10%52%0.96×3 of 3
Iraq47 m81%12%64%0.24×3 of 3
Armenia3.1 m81%16%85%0.95×3 of 3
Georgia3.9 m84%16%78%1.80×3 of 3
Yemen42 m17%no estimate–not reported2 of 3
Saudi Arabia37 m100%no estimate–0.93×3 of 3
Syrian Arab Republic26 m34%no estimate–not reported0 of 3
Jordan12 m96%no estimate–0.64×3 of 3
Azerbaijan10 m91%no estimate–0.43×3 of 3
Oman5.5 m95%no estimate–0.73×3 of 3
Palestine5.4 m87%no estimate–0.43×3 of 3
Kuwait4.9 m100%no estimate–0.92×3 of 3
Bahrain1.6 m100%no estimate–1.50×3 of 3
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The foundationsUnited Arab Emirates against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
100%world 74%
People with electricity
100%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
203world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
40.8world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
64%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
1.49%world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
2,607world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
4,192world 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 ↗