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Employment in services — Nepal

Employment in services in Nepal in 2025 — 45.8%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 10.4 pp.

2025 45.8% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 140of 182
Period maximum 46.1%2019
Period minimum 35.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Nepal, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 35.4%1992: 36.2%1993: 36.8%1994: 37.7%1995: 38.2%1996: 38.8%1997: 38.6%1998: 38.3%1999: 38.2%2000: 38.6%2001: 39%2002: 39%2003: 39.4%2004: 39.8%2005: 40.3%2006: 40.7%2007: 41.1%2008: 41.6%2009: 42%2010: 42.3%2011: 42.6%2012: 43.2%2013: 43.6%2014: 44.2%2015: 44.6%2016: 44.7%2017: 45%2018: 45.6%2019: 46.1%2020: 44.8%2021: 44.6%2022: 45.1%2023: 45.2%2024: 45.5%2025: 45.8%
Change over the period: +10.4 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nepal

Nepal 45.8%
World 50.6%
South Asia 33.4%
Southern Asia computed 34.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.8 +0.3 pp
2024 45.5 +0.3 pp
2023 45.2 +0.1 pp
2022 45.1 +0.4 pp
2021 44.6 −0.2 pp
2020 44.8 −1.3 pp
2019 46.1 +0.5 pp
2018 45.6 +0.6 pp
2017 45 +0.4 pp
2016 44.7 +0.1 pp
2015 44.6 +0.4 pp
2014 44.2 +0.6 pp
2013 43.6 +0.4 pp
2012 43.2 +0.6 pp
2011 42.6 +0.3 pp
2010 42.3 +0.3 pp
2009 42 +0.4 pp
2008 41.6 +0.4 pp
2007 41.1 +0.5 pp
2006 40.7 +0.4 pp
2005 40.3 +0.4 pp
2004 39.8 +0.5 pp
2003 39.4 +0.4 pp
2002 39 −0 pp
2001 39 +0.4 pp
2000 38.6 +0.4 pp
1999 38.2 −0.1 pp
1998 38.3 −0.2 pp
1997 38.6 −0.2 pp
1996 38.8 +0.6 pp
1995 38.2 +0.6 pp
1994 37.7 +0.8 pp
1993 36.8 +0.6 pp
1992 36.2 +0.9 pp
1991 35.4 —

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 71.8 IR Iran 51.7 LK Sri Lanka 47.8 NP Nepal 45.8 BT Bhutan 41.8 PK Pakistan 38.5 BD Bangladesh 37.7 IN India 32.6 AF Afghanistan 29.5
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Nepal by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Nepal by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Nepal by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

Nepal by year
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