Portulans Institute

Nepal

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 30,547,580
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,677

Performance Overview

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NPL

Country

Nepal

Score

33.73

Rank

114

Technology

27.04

People

24.37

Governance

38.79

Impact

44.71

Pillar: Technology Score: 27.04 Rank: 112
SCORERANK

Access

41.04 116

1. Mobile tariffs

54.00 80

2. Handset prices

15.01 126

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

31.48 55

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

74.75 129

5. International Internet bandwidth

66.48 94

6. Internet access in schools

4.53 80

Content

21.67 74

1. GitHub commits

4.19 79

2. Internet domain registrations

1.05 96

3. Mobile apps development

71.84 45

4. AI scientific publications

9.59 48

Future technologies

18.41 116

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

27.45 108

2. Investment in emerging technologies

26.25 107

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

1.53 119
Pillar: People Score: 24.37 Rank: 122
SCORERANK

Individuals

28.72 111

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

0.55 115

2. ICT skills in the education system

35.12 84

3. Use of virtual social networks

37.44 99

4. Tertiary enrollment

9.88 102

5. Adult literacy rate

60.61 92

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

18.13 130

1. Firms with website

19.18 97

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

17.08 95

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

n/a

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

26.26 100

1. Government online services

40.23 106

2. Publication and use of open data

14.71 79

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

23.84 101

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 38.79 Rank: 110
SCORERANK

Trust

24.33 107

1. Secure internet servers

42.57 90

2. Cybersecurity

44.02 98

3. Online access to financial account

6.34 118

4. Internet shopping

4.38 111

Regulation

49.14 113

1. Regulatory quality

35.67 104

2. ICT regulatory environment

54.12 127

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

5.71 113

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

50.19 96

Inclusion

42.89 109

1. E-Participation

22.09 120

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

52.44 103

3. Availability of local online content

34.38 107

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

62.65 67
Pillar: Impact Score: 44.71 Rank: 100
SCORERANK

Economy

18.33 101

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

9.58 92

2. High-tech exports

1.70 110

3. PCT patent applications

n/a

4. Domestic market size

47.74 79

5. Prevalence of gig economy

22.09 107

6. ICT services exports

10.53 74

Quality of life

64.50 81

1. Happiness

58.06 80

2. Freedom to make life choices

78.17 55

3. Income inequality

n/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

57.28 99

SDG Contribution

51.30 107

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

40.67 108

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

72.57 80

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

53.54 111

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

38.42 113

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