> In Zimbabwe, a $20-a-month AI plan is 9.0% 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. 42% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.20 times the world average. [World](https://themodelindex.org/world/) / Africa AI access, cost and use · Eastern Africa · Africa · data read 1 Oct 2026 # Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe, a $20-a-month AI plan is 9.0% 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. 42% of people use the internet, and Claude use per working-age person is 0.20 times the world average. – of the median living standard for a $20 plan currency changed more than once; no reliable bridge – of people for whom the plan is over a tenth of their living standard 3of 3 leading services officially offered Claude · OpenAI · Gemini 42% of people use the internet world 74% · 17 m people ## The figures · Zimbabwe People 17 m Median living standard no estimatecurrency changed more than once; no reliable bridge A $20 plan takes – For whom it is over a tenth – GNI per person $2,660plan is 9.0% of it Claude use per person 0.20×world average = 1 Notable AI models built here 0 ## Officially offered here · 3 of 3 [Run it yourself →](https://themodelindex.org/local/) Claude · claude.ai app Yes OpenAI · API Yes Gemini · web app Yes 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 world · regional figures are medians or population-weighted | MEASURE | ZIMBABWE | AFRICA | WORLD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A $20 plan ÷ median living standard | – | 38% | 9.9% | | People for whom it is over a tenth | – | 96% | 63% | | Plan price ÷ GNI per person | 9.0% | 14% | 2.9% | | People using the internet | 42% | 40% | 74% | | Claude use per working-age person | 0.20× | 0.24× | 1.00× | | Notable AI models built | 0 | 0 | 1,256 | ## What it is used for · Zimbabwe against the world [Report ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report) Zimbabwe Work 38% Personal 22% Coursework 40% The world Work 42% Personal 41% Coursework 17% Share of the world's Claude use 0.04%0.21% of the world's people Work 38%world 42% Personal 22%world 41% Coursework 40%world 17% Handed over to the model (automation) 58%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 it · share of conversations Document or report 24% Explanation or answer 14% Educational material 10% App or website 5% The most common things people in Zimbabwe ask Claude to produce. ## Neighbours · Eastern Africa · lightest burden first | COUNTRY | PEOPLE | ONLINE | $20 PLAN ÷ MEDIAN LIVING STANDARD | OVER A TENTH | CLAUDE USE PER PERSON | OFFICIAL LISTS | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Seychelles](https://themodelindex.org/world/seychelles/) | 123k | 88% | 4.6% | 12% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Mauritius](https://themodelindex.org/world/mauritius/) | 1.2 m | 73% | 9.4% | 45% | 1.74× | 3 of 3 | | [Comoros](https://themodelindex.org/world/comoros/) | 883k | 33% | 15% | 76% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Djibouti](https://themodelindex.org/world/djibouti/) | 1.2 m | 65% | 24% | 89% | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Kenya](https://themodelindex.org/world/kenya/) | 58 m | 35% | 49% | 98% | 0.34× | 3 of 3 | | [Uganda](https://themodelindex.org/world/uganda/) | 51 m | 9% | 53% | 99% | 0.11× | 3 of 3 | | [Ethiopia](https://themodelindex.org/world/ethiopia/) | 135 m | 22% | 55% | 99%+ | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Rwanda](https://themodelindex.org/world/rwanda/) | 15 m | 32% | 60% | 98% | 0.20× | 3 of 3 | | [Tanzania](https://themodelindex.org/world/tanzania/) | 71 m | 31% | 76% | 99% | 0.07× | 3 of 3 | | [Madagascar](https://themodelindex.org/world/madagascar/) | 33 m | 19% | 85% | 99%+ | 0.10× | 3 of 3 | | [Malawi](https://themodelindex.org/world/malawi/) | 22 m | 19% | 90% | 99%+ | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Mozambique](https://themodelindex.org/world/mozambique/) | 36 m | 21% | 98% | 99% | 0.08× | 3 of 3 | | [Zambia](https://themodelindex.org/world/zambia/) | 22 m | 17% | 99% | 99% | 0.15× | 3 of 3 | | [Somalia](https://themodelindex.org/world/somalia/) | 20 m | 28% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | Zimbabwe | 17 m | 42% | no estimate | – | 0.20× | 3 of 3 | | [Burundi](https://themodelindex.org/world/burundi/) | 14 m | 9% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [South Sudan](https://themodelindex.org/world/south-sudan/) | 12 m | 7% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | | [Eritrea](https://themodelindex.org/world/eritrea/) | 3.6 m | 14% | no estimate | – | not reported | 3 of 3 | [All countries →](https://themodelindex.org/world/) ## The foundations · Zimbabwe against the world [World Bank ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator) People using the internet 42% world 74% People with electricity 62% world 92% Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 94 world 112 Fixed broadband lines per 100 people 1.9 world 20.1 Enrolled in university-level education 8% world 44% Research spending, share of GDP – world 2.6% Researchers per million people 95 world 1,652 Secure internet servers per million people 90 world 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 ↗](https://pip.worldbank.org/) [Anthropic countries ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/supported-countries) [OpenAI countries ↗](https://platform.openai.com/docs/supported-countries) [Gemini countries ↗](https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13575153) [Anthropic Economic Index ↗](https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report) [Epoch AI notable models ↗](https://epoch.ai/data/notable-ai-models) --- Source: https://themodelindex.org/world/zimbabwe/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01