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Nepal — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Nepal, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
39.24%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -5.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Nepal was 39.24% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 41.56% in 1992. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.16% per year.
Nepal ranks 179 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for South Asia is 58.80%, so Nepal sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
39.24%
First (1990)
41.55%
Change
-5.6%
Highest
41.56%
in 1992
Lowest
39.24%
in 2025
Average
40.73%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.16%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.24% |
| 2024 | 39.31% |
| 2023 | 39.38% |
| 2022 | 39.43% |
| 2021 | 39.51% |
| 2020 | 39.39% |
| 2019 | 39.77% |
| 2018 | 39.74% |
| 2017 | 39.92% |
| 2016 | 40.1% |
| 2015 | 40.22% |
| 2014 | 40.34% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.