Unemployment rate: Nepal
10.465% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.465 |
| 2024 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 10.437 |
| 2022 | 10.661 |
| 2021 | 12.241 |
| 2020 | 13.037 |
| 2019 | 10.477 |
| 2018 | 10.593 |
| 2017 | 10.66 |
| 2016 | 10.714 |
| 2015 | 10.643 |
| 2014 | 10.62 |
| 2013 | 10.666 |
| 2012 | 10.632 |
| 2011 | 10.627 |
| 2010 | 10.563 |
| 2009 | 10.582 |
| 2008 | 10.597 |
| 2007 | 10.642 |
| 2006 | 10.609 |
| 2005 | 10.59 |
| 2004 | 10.652 |
| 2003 | 10.644 |
| 2002 | 10.593 |
| 2001 | 10.502 |
| 2000 | 10.531 |
| 1999 | 10.549 |
| 1998 | 10.526 |
| 1997 | 10.512 |
| 1996 | 10.446 |
| 1995 | 10.473 |
| 1994 | 10.458 |
| 1993 | 10.492 |
| 1992 | 10.473 |
| 1991 | 10.465 |