Nepal has been unlisted from Ookla global index for the mobile broadband speed list. Citing inconsistent mobile speeds, the US-based internet speed checker has excluded Nepal from mobile data speed list. Although Nepal can still be seen in the fixed-broadband list.
To be specific, Nepal has been absent from the global mobile data speed index since June 2024. The speedtest.net site, operated by Ookla, has been including Nepal in its broadband speed list since 2017.
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Ookla delisted Nepal from the broadband list due to the precision threshold rule
Ookla established a Precision Threshold rule, which determines whether it should include a country in its speed test and indexes. From June 2024, the speed indexes reported every month are based on data from the current month and the two months before, also called a rolling quarter.
The rule holds that the average download speed of the internet over the three-month period should be within ±5%. If the results differ, the internet is considered unreliable and the country is removed from the index. Based on this very methodology, Nepal has been out from Ookla’s broadband speed test index. Prior to this, “countries must have had at least 300 unique user test results” to be listed in the index.
In layman’s terms, if the results of broadband tests differ remarkably, it is considered unreliable. Ookla then excludes countries from its indexes. Nepal Telecom (NTC) and Ncell are the two operating telcos in Nepal. It’s fair to mention that the data speed on these two networks was found to be highly discrepant, which led to Nepal’s exclusion from the global speed indexes.
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But Nepal remains in the fixed-broadband speed index
Nepal does remain in the global fixed-broadband speed list. In its latest report for May 2025, Nepal ranks 90th in the global performance of the Fixed Broadband network. The report mentions that Nepal recorded an average download speed of 76.14 Mbps and 60.59 Mbps upload speed, and latency stood at 5 milliseconds.
Despite mobile broadband remaining unreliable for Ookla, Nepal’s fixed-broadband speeds remain credible. Even for the country itself, it’s been reaching new heights ever since the fiber internet speed war struck Nepal, thanks to CG Net.
Since then, top ISPs have brought 3-digit internet speed packages, which have certainly increased Nepal’s fixed-broadband speed, which shows up even in global speed indexes.
As for the mobile broadband index, Nepal should make a comeback if the data speed registered in Ookla servers is reliable and not too different from each test.
