World Discovery Engine
Internet use · SAS · 2024

Internet use in South Asia

This verified same-year comparison covers 6 countries in South Asia. Bhutan has the highest included observation at 91.27739716%, while Nepal has the lowest at 46.32189941%.

2024 · 6 COUNTRIES · ITU VIA WDI

Regional picture

AVERAGE

66.0%

Mean internet-use share across the 6 included countries.

MEDIAN

59.8%

The midpoint reduces the influence of unusually high or low observations.

SPREAD

45.0 pp

The difference between Bhutan and Nepal; 1 countries are at or above 90%.

2024 ranking within South Asia

Ranks apply only to the 6 countries with an official 2024 observation in this region. Missing countries are not backfilled from another year.

Regional rankCountryInternet usersYear
1Bhutan91.27739716%2024
2Maldives85.23999786%2024
3India64.9434967%2024
4Sri Lanka54.59%2024
5Bangladesh53.42171316%2024
6Nepal46.32189941%2024

How to use this comparison

The regional average and median describe this same-year observation set; they do not explain why countries differ. Open a country profile for its exact observation, included-country context and machine-readable evidence.

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Source and scope

Indicator: IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population). Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), surfaced via World Bank WDI. License: CC BY-4.0.

This is a regional view of the verified 2024 snapshot, not a historical revision product or a causal analysis. Region membership comes from the official World Bank country metadata used by the normalized source.

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