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

Yemen

In Yemen, a $20-a-month AI plan is 32% of national income per person. There is no recent household survey to set it against what people live on. OpenAI and Gemini are officially offered; Claude is not. 17% 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
2of 3leading services officially offeredOpenAI · Gemini
17%of people use the internetworld 74% · 42 m people

The figuresYemen

People42 m
Median living standardno estimatelatest survey is from 2014
A $20 plan takes–
For whom it is over a tenth–
GNI per person$740plan is 32% of it
Claude use per personnot reported
Notable AI models built here0

Officially offered here2 of 3

Run it yourself →
Claude · claude.ai appNot listed
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

MeasureYemenAsiaWorld
A $20 plan ÷ median living standard–13%9.9%
People for whom it is over a tenth–72%63%
Plan price ÷ GNI per person32%3.9%2.9%
People using the internet17%76%74%
Claude use per working-age personnot reported0.43×1.00×
Notable AI models built02831,256

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 foundationsYemen against the world

World Bank ↗
People using the internet
17%world 74%
People with electricity
86%world 92%
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
51world 112
Fixed broadband lines per 100 people
1.3world 20.1
Enrolled in university-level education
9%world 44%
Research spending, share of GDP
–world 2.6%
Researchers per million people
–world 1,652
Secure internet servers per million people
15world 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 ↗