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Nepal
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.

Global rank#166out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

27.625.924.122.420.6199020082025Nepal · 2025: 27Nepal

Analytical takeaways

  • Nepal records 27 for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #166 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) increased from 21 in 1990 to 27 in 2025, a gain of 7.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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