Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)

Indicator id: unemployment_rate · Unit: % · Coverage: 1991-2024

Share of the labour force that is without work but available for and seeking employment (modelled ILO estimate).

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Modelled ILO estimate; Nepal's official unemployment figures undercount underemployment and disguised unemployment in subsistence agriculture, a known limitation of the headline unemployment rate for agrarian economies.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 8.5 -- Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all
Topic: Social Protection & Labor
Themes: economy

Also known as

"unemployment", "unemployment rate", "joblessness", "how many people are unemployed"

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