Claude AI Usage by Country: Israel Leads at 4.90x, Tanzania at 0.03x
Published: (April 1, 2026 at 05:47 PM EDT)
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Source: Dev.to
Source: Dev.to
Anthropic just released the Claude AI Usage by Country data via the Anthropic Economic Index (sample: Nov 13–20, 2025).
The metric is simple: a score above 1× means a country’s share of Claude usage exceeds its share of the global working‑age population.
🏆 Top performers
| Country | Score |
|---|---|
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 4.90× |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 4.19× |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 3.21× |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 3.12× |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 3.27× |
| 🇺🇸 USA | 3.69× |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 3.15× |
📉 Lowest usage
| Country | Score |
|---|---|
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 0.03× |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 0.07× |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0.13× |
What’s interesting
- Europe is surprisingly strong — France (2.66×), UK (2.59×), Ireland (2.39×), Norway (2.43×). Even Poland (1.41×) and Greece (1.21×) are above the baseline.
- Asia is split — Singapore (4.19×) and South Korea (3.12×) are crushing it, while India (0.22×) and Indonesia (0.48×) are far below 1×.
- Africa and Latin America are mostly sub‑1× — likely a mix of pricing, language support, and infrastructure.
- Japan at 1.59× — higher than expected given the strong local AI ecosystem (Claude competes with domestic models there).
My take
The correlation seems to be: English proficiency + tech‑sector density + GDP per capita. Israel’s dominance makes sense — a massive tech industry, high English fluency, and a small population (so the ratio amplifies easily).
The really interesting story is what happens as Claude adds more languages and local pricing — countries like Brazil (0.70×) and Mexico (0.44×) feel like huge untapped markets.
Source: Anthropic Economic Index. Data as of Jan 15, 2026.