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Economy
· Nepal
Informal employment (% of total employment)
SDG indicator 8.3.1: share of total employment that is informal -- persons in jobs not covered by national labour legislation, income taxation, social protection or entitlement to certain employment benefits, whether working in the formal sector, the informal sector, or households.
Unit
%
Latest
81.5 (2017)
Coverage
2000–2026
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
| Year | Nepal (%) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 99.64 |
| 2017 | 81.52 |
Per-source values, 2017
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILOSTAT | SDG_0831_SEX_ECO_RT_A | 81.52 | 2017 | 2026-08-08 |
Caveats
Reported only in ILOSTAT's national labour force survey years, not annually (for Nepal: 2008 at 99.6%, 2017 at 81.5%); new to Groundfact, no second source to cross-check against yet. Nepal's informal employment share is among the highest in South Asia, reflecting the scale of subsistence agriculture and unregistered household enterprise -- pair with employment_agriculture_share for context.