66.0%
Simple mean internet-penetration rate across the 6 included countries.
Internet penetration · SAS · 2024
Internet penetration in South Asia
66.0% is the simple average internet-use rate across the 6 countries with verified 2024 observations in South Asia; the median is 59.8%. Bhutan ranks highest at 91.3%, while Nepal ranks lowest at 46.3%.
2024 · 6 COUNTRIES · ITU VIA WDIRegional picture
59.8%
The midpoint reduces the influence of unusually high or low observations.
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The difference between Bhutan and Nepal; 1 countries are at or above 90%.
Highest internet penetration in South Asia
The five highest verified 2024 country observations in this regional comparison are:
- 1. Bhutan — 91.3%
- 2. Maldives — 85.2%
- 3. India — 64.9%
- 4. Sri Lanka — 54.6%
- 5. Bangladesh — 53.4%
2024 internet penetration ranking for 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.
How to use this comparison
Internet penetration here means the share of the population counted by indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals using the Internet (% of population). The regional average is a simple average of the included country percentages, not a population-weighted regional internet-user share.
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, national context and machine-readable evidence.
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: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/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.