78% of Nepalis have their own mobile phones, while 90% have network access, only 46% use the internet
78% of Nepalis have their own mobile phones, while 90% have network access, only 46% use the internet More than 78 percent of Nepal's citizens have their own mobile phones. According to the ' ICT Development Index (IDI) 2026 ' recently released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 78.4 percent of Nepal's population has access to mobile phones. Nepal, which has been on the 'unranked' list of the global index for the past three years due to the unavailability of necessary data, has scored 68.1 points out of 100 points this time. According to the report, when this rate of mobile ownership is 'normalized' to international standards, Nepal has scored 82.5 points out of 100. The ITU has set the standard for giving 100 points to 95 percent of citizens, considering 95 percent of citizens having a mobile phone as the best situation. Nepal has received this score with 78.4 percent access. The ITU has analyzed Nepal's connectivity based on two m...