Labor force, total, per capita in Nepal
Nepal: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.2824 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Nepal, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labor force, total, per capita in Nepal is 0.2824 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Nepal peaked at 0.2824 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2427 units per person, in 1997.
That places Nepal 175th out of 188 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2432 units per person | 0.2427 units per person | 0.2438 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2506 units per person | 0.2443 units per person | 0.259 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2684 units per person | 0.2618 units per person | 0.2746 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2799 units per person | 0.2754 units per person | 0.2824 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More education data for Nepal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 157,456 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 128.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0053 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Nepal?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Nepal was 0.2824 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2824 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2427 units per person in 1997.
- How does Nepal rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Nepal ranks 175th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.