Work & Labour in Nepal 57 indicators covering work & labour for Nepal. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 29.6% 2025 up 2.7% 168th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.2% 2025 down 8.4% 157th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.6% 2025 down 11.6% 139th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 27.3% 2025 down 10.2% 153rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 56.2% 2025 down 3.0% 179th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 41.9% 2025 down 1.3% 177th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 27.5% 2025 up 1.7% 167th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 51.9% 2025 up 6.2% 159th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 52.9% 2025 down 4.2% 180th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 39.2% 2025 down 2.4% 178th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 65.0% 2025 down 7.5% 3rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 20.6% 2025 up 6.0% 46th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.1% 2025 up 5.3% 51st Employment in services (% of total employment) 45.8% 2025 up 2.7% 143rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 45.4% 2025 down 1.0% 128th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 46.5% 2025 up 10.0% 145th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 31.3% 2025 up 7.6% 14th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 39.3% 2025 up 10.3% 13th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 17.6% 2025 up 4.1% 31st Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 40.9% 2025 down 6.8% 3rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 26.8% 2025 down 9.7% 5th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 23.2% 2025 up 6.8% 48th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 21.4% 2025 up 13.4% 168th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 28.6% 2025 up 13.3% 165th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 9.2% 2025 up 28.2% 181st Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.5% 2025 up 83.7% 172nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.2% 2025 up 33.0% 147th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.6% 2025 up 34.6% 149th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 90.8% 2025 down 2.2% 6th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 71.4% 2025 down 4.5% 22nd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 78.6% 2025 down 3.1% 19th GDP per person employed 20,874 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 34.1% 128th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.7% 2017 up 673.6% 27th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.8% 2017 up 477.5% 28th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 12.0% 2017 up 996.7% 28th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 27.9% 2017 down 64.5% 181st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 55.0% 2017 down 33.2% 187th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 39.9% 2017 down 50.3% 192nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 21.4% 2017 down 70.7% 144th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.5% 2017 down 42.1% 112th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 50.8% 2017 down 46.8% 171st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 29.5% 2017 down 58.3% 139th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 30.7% 2025 up 2.7% 27th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 19.7% 2025 up 0.1% 55th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 41.4% 2025 up 4.4% 19th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 14.7% 2025 down 10.1% 158th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 28.8% 2025 down 12.6% 140th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 21.7% 2025 down 11.5% 156th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 24.2% 2025 up 2.0% 167th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 47.8% 2025 down 4.0% 178th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 35.1% 2025 down 2.2% 175th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 90.3% 2025 down 2.4% 6th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 69.1% 2025 down 5.4% 19th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 77.0% 2025 down 3.7% 16th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 24.6% 2017 down 68.4% 161st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 49.6% 2017 down 38.7% 163rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 35.7% 2017 down 55.0% 170th