Livability · rank 124/167
Is 🇳🇵 Nepal (Kathmandu) a good place to live?
Quality score 49/100 against essentials of $433/month.
The five metrics
Internet 46 114.9 Mbps median broadband, 46.3% online
Safety 87 2.1 homicides/100k (2020)
Healthcare 58 UHC service coverage 58/100 (2023)
Air quality 5 PM2.5 47.8 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -0.3 · corruption control -0.63 · stability -0.41 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $8.58 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $2.16/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($433) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 4.6× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 6.9× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 11.5× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — quality 71.7, essentials $639/mo
- 🇮🇷 Iran — quality 54.8, essentials $493/mo
- 🇩🇿 Algeria — quality 69, essentials $621/mo
- 🇵🇭 Philippines — quality 73.4, essentials $637/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Nepal
Frequently asked questions
- Is Nepal a good place to live for remote workers?
- Nepal scores 49/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 114.9 Mbps, safety 87, healthcare 58, air quality 5; English not scored) — rank 124 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Nepal?
- Median fixed broadband is around 114.9 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Nepal?
- Single-person essentials run about $433/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (6.9× essentials).