Nepal – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

NPL

Country

Nepal

Score

32.96

Rank

106

Technology

26.14

People

24.37

Governance

48.2

Impact

33.15

1. Mobile tariffs	49.45	89
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	21.21	109
3. Households with internet acccess	12.44	108
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	15.47	116
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	n/a	n/a
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	59.08	103
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	46.89	90
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	n/a	n/a

1. Availability of latest technologies	27.2	112
2. Company investment in emerging technology	20.06	99
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	28.14	94
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	0	97
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	10.43	100
2. High-tech exports	2.24	104
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a

1. Happiness	38.59	93
2. Freedom to make life choices	55.92	84
3. Income inequality	79.47	34
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	45.42	95

1. Access to basic services	67.59	100
2. Pollution	0	120
3. Road safety	58.75	68
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	26.67	101

1. Internet users	26.93	101
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	17.02	96
3. Use of virtual social networks	31.39	95
5. Tertiary enrolment	8.53	100
5. Adult literacy rate	50.29	88
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	9.74	102
2. Internet shopping	2.2	109
3. Professionals	19.81	73
4. Technicians and associate professionals	18.63	90
5. Extent of staff training	22.45	111
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	65.39	71
2. Publication and use of open data	15.49	79
3.ICT use and government efficiency	19.32	101
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	26.69	60

1. Rule of law	42.43	92
2. Software piracy rate	n/a	n/a
3. Secure Internet servers	44.4	86
4. Cybersecurity	26.43	103
5. Online trust and safety	86.15	6

1. Regulatory quality	34.99	108
2. Ease of doing business	58.29	84
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	29.72	98
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	18.29	109
6. ICT regulatory environment	66.03	100

1. E-Participation	75.16	55
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	47.57	90
3. Availability of local online content	23.27	105
4. Gender gap in internet use	n/a	n/a
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	44.73	102