India ranks second globally in overall Claude.ai usage, with nearly half of all activity driven by work-related tasks, Peter McCrory, head of economics at Anthropic, told ET. India’s work-to-personal usage split is unusually high compared with peer countries, showing that AI adoption in the country is largely driven by productivity.
“India really stands out in our data for how heavily Claude is used for work,” McCrory said. “Around half of all conversations on Claude.ai in India are work-related, which is much higher than what we see in other countries at similar levels of adoption.”
India is among a small group of countries, alongside the US, Japan, the UK and South Korea, that account for a disproportionate share of global Claude usage.
AI exposure across jobs is expanding rapidly. Around 49% of jobs globally now see AI being used in at least a quarter of their tasks, up from 36% a year ago.
“What we are seeing is not narrow adoption, but a broadening of AI use across many types of work,” McCrory said.
The India-specific findings are part of Anthropic’s fourth Economic Index Report, titled Economic Primitives: Measuring AI’s Impact on Work, published Thursday.
McCrory explained that the research reflects the rapid pace at which AI capabilities are advancing and their widening application across the global economy, with almost every job and sector expected to be affected in meaningful ways.
About 45% of India’s Claude.ai usage is concentrated in computer and mathematical work, with a strong focus on software development.
The report introduces five new metrics that aim to measure how AI is used in practice. These metrics include task complexity, success rates, time saved and the degree of autonomy users give to AI systems.
Nearly half of all Indian use cases involve coding-related tasks, placing India well above the global average. Front-end web development stands out, with Indian users twice as likely as the global average to use Claude for HTML, and UI styling. Usage is also higher in building and debugging web applications, developing AI systems such as chatbots and workflow automation, and in database administration and data engineering.
“These usage patterns point to where people are finding real economic value from AI,” he said. “Claude tends to be overrepresented in professional and technical tasks where it is most capable.”
Beyond software roles, Indian users are increasingly turning to Claude for career advancement. Job searching, professional development, academic work across STEM subjects, and business planning for entrepreneurial ventures feature prominently among non-technical use cases.
Globally, the report finds that AI’s impact on work is uneven across professions. Some roles may see core skills become more valuable as AI takes over routine tasks, while others may see a simplification of work as AI performs a larger share of complex activities.
“The most complex tasks show the largest productivity gains, but they also have lower success rates, which makes human involvement important,” he noted. The report estimates productivity gains of up to 12 times for college-level tasks, compared with nine times for tasks requiring a high school education.
“India really stands out in our data for how heavily Claude is used for work,” McCrory said. “Around half of all conversations on Claude.ai in India are work-related, which is much higher than what we see in other countries at similar levels of adoption.”
India is among a small group of countries, alongside the US, Japan, the UK and South Korea, that account for a disproportionate share of global Claude usage.
AI exposure across jobs is expanding rapidly. Around 49% of jobs globally now see AI being used in at least a quarter of their tasks, up from 36% a year ago.
“What we are seeing is not narrow adoption, but a broadening of AI use across many types of work,” McCrory said.
The India-specific findings are part of Anthropic’s fourth Economic Index Report, titled Economic Primitives: Measuring AI’s Impact on Work, published Thursday.
McCrory explained that the research reflects the rapid pace at which AI capabilities are advancing and their widening application across the global economy, with almost every job and sector expected to be affected in meaningful ways.
About 45% of India’s Claude.ai usage is concentrated in computer and mathematical work, with a strong focus on software development.
The report introduces five new metrics that aim to measure how AI is used in practice. These metrics include task complexity, success rates, time saved and the degree of autonomy users give to AI systems.
Nearly half of all Indian use cases involve coding-related tasks, placing India well above the global average. Front-end web development stands out, with Indian users twice as likely as the global average to use Claude for HTML, and UI styling. Usage is also higher in building and debugging web applications, developing AI systems such as chatbots and workflow automation, and in database administration and data engineering.
“These usage patterns point to where people are finding real economic value from AI,” he said. “Claude tends to be overrepresented in professional and technical tasks where it is most capable.”
Beyond software roles, Indian users are increasingly turning to Claude for career advancement. Job searching, professional development, academic work across STEM subjects, and business planning for entrepreneurial ventures feature prominently among non-technical use cases.
Globally, the report finds that AI’s impact on work is uneven across professions. Some roles may see core skills become more valuable as AI takes over routine tasks, while others may see a simplification of work as AI performs a larger share of complex activities.
“The most complex tasks show the largest productivity gains, but they also have lower success rates, which makes human involvement important,” he noted. The report estimates productivity gains of up to 12 times for college-level tasks, compared with nine times for tasks requiring a high school education.
