{
  "title": "Token cost by language",
  "source": "https://webclipboard.online/token-cost-by-language/",
  "measured_on": "2026-10-09",
  "tokenizers": [
    "o200k_base",
    "cl100k_base"
  ],
  "tokenizer_library": "gpt-tokenizer 4.0.0",
  "sample": "WebClipboard homepage copy: tagline, two about paragraphs and four how-to steps, in each language",
  "note": "ratio_vs_english is tokens for that language divided by tokens for the English version of the same copy, per tokenizer. Translations were written by the site, not by professional translators.",
  "languages": [
    {
      "code": "en",
      "language": "English",
      "native_name": "English",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 902,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 200,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 200,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.51,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 4.51,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "language": "Spanish",
      "native_name": "Español",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 920,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 224,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 248,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.11,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.71,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.12,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.24
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "language": "Portuguese",
      "native_name": "Português",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 942,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 219,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 239,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.3,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.94,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.09,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.2
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "language": "French",
      "native_name": "Français",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 1082,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 244,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 278,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.43,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.89,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.22,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.39
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "language": "German",
      "native_name": "Deutsch",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 1115,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 252,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 286,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.42,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.9,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.26,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.43
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "language": "Italian",
      "native_name": "Italiano",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 918,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 231,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 264,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.97,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.48,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.16,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.32
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "language": "Dutch",
      "native_name": "Nederlands",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 928,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 220,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 268,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.22,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.46,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.1,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.34
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "language": "Polish",
      "native_name": "Polski",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 915,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 267,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 313,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.43,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.92,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.33,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.56
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "language": "Swedish",
      "native_name": "Svenska",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 931,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 258,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 295,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.61,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.16,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.29,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.48
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "language": "Danish",
      "native_name": "Dansk",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 935,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 257,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 293,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.64,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.19,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.28,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.47
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "language": "Finnish",
      "native_name": "Suomi",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 954,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 295,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 361,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.23,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.64,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.48,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.8
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "language": "Norwegian",
      "native_name": "Norsk",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 943,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 263,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 301,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.59,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.13,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.31,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.5
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "language": "Czech",
      "native_name": "Čeština",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 874,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 291,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 380,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.3,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.46,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.9
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "language": "Romanian",
      "native_name": "Română",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 963,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 273,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 316,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.53,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.05,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.36,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.58
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "language": "Hungarian",
      "native_name": "Magyar",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 1013,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 353,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 416,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 2.87,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.44,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.76,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 2.08
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "language": "Greek",
      "native_name": "Ελληνικά",
      "script": "Greek",
      "characters": 1089,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 386,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 924,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 2.82,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.18,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.93,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 4.62
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "language": "Ukrainian",
      "native_name": "Українська",
      "script": "Cyrillic",
      "characters": 967,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 304,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 514,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.18,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.88,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.52,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 2.57
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "language": "Russian",
      "native_name": "Русский",
      "script": "Cyrillic",
      "characters": 951,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 243,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 387,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.91,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.46,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.22,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.94
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "language": "Turkish",
      "native_name": "Türkçe",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 930,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 262,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 342,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.55,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.72,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.31,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.71
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "language": "Japanese",
      "native_name": "日本語",
      "script": "Han + Kana",
      "characters": 455,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 301,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 402,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 1.51,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.13,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.5,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 2.01
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "language": "Korean",
      "native_name": "한국어",
      "script": "Hangul",
      "characters": 474,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 263,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 382,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 1.8,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.24,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.31,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.91
    },
    {
      "code": "zh-cn",
      "language": "Chinese (Simplified)",
      "native_name": "简体中文",
      "script": "Han",
      "characters": 310,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 204,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 295,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 1.52,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.05,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.02,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.48
    },
    {
      "code": "zh-tw",
      "language": "Chinese (Traditional)",
      "native_name": "繁體中文",
      "script": "Han",
      "characters": 317,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 265,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 397,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 1.2,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 0.8,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.32,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.99
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "language": "Hindi",
      "native_name": "हिन्दी",
      "script": "Devanagari",
      "characters": 910,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 298,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 878,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.05,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.04,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.49,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 4.39
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "language": "Bengali",
      "native_name": "বাংলা",
      "script": "Bengali",
      "characters": 849,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 309,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 998,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 2.75,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 0.85,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.54,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 4.99
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "language": "Indonesian",
      "native_name": "Bahasa Indonesia",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 932,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 218,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 274,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.28,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.4,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.09,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.37
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "language": "Malay",
      "native_name": "Bahasa Melayu",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 991,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 235,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 288,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 4.22,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.44,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.18,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.44
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "language": "Thai",
      "native_name": "ไทย",
      "script": "Thai",
      "characters": 773,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 301,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 710,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 2.57,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 1.09,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.5,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 3.55
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "language": "Vietnamese",
      "native_name": "Tiếng Việt",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 867,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 239,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 391,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.63,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 2.22,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.2,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.96
    },
    {
      "code": "fil",
      "language": "Filipino",
      "native_name": "Filipino",
      "script": "Latin",
      "characters": 1013,
      "tokens_o200k_base": 262,
      "tokens_cl100k_base": 315,
      "chars_per_token_o200k_base": 3.87,
      "chars_per_token_cl100k_base": 3.22,
      "ratio_vs_english_o200k_base": 1.31,
      "ratio_vs_english_cl100k_base": 1.57
    }
  ]
}