Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Nepal's youth unemployment rate stands at 20.56% as of 2025-12-31, down from 20.64% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Nepal's youth unemployment rate was 20.56%, down from 20.64% in 2024.
In 2024, Nepal's youth unemployment rate was 20.64%, up from 20.43% in 2023.
In 2023, Nepal's youth unemployment rate was 20.43%, down from 20.61% in 2022.
In 2022, Nepal's youth unemployment rate was 20.61%, down from 22.64% in 2021.
In 2021, Nepal's youth unemployment rate was 22.64%, down from 24.07% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.56% | -0.079% |
| 2024 | 20.64% | +0.208% |
| 2023 | 20.43% | -0.177% |
| 2022 | 20.61% | -2.03% |
| 2021 | 22.64% | -1.43% |
| 2020 | 24.07% | +4.39% |
| 2019 | 19.68% | +0.075% |
| 2018 | 19.6% | +0.033% |
| 2017 | 19.57% | +0.023% |
| 2016 | 19.55% | +0.145% |
| 2015 | 19.4% | +0.055% |
| 2014 | 19.35% | -0.029% |
| 2013 | 19.38% | +0.071% |
| 2012 | 19.31% | +0.012% |
| 2011 | 19.29% | +0.087% |
| 2010 | 19.21% | -0.006% |
| 2009 | 19.21% | +0.011% |
| 2008 | 19.2% | -0.018% |
| 2007 | 19.22% | +0.094% |
| 2006 | 19.13% | +0.072% |
| 2005 | 19.05% | -0.043% |
| 2004 | 19.1% | +0.044% |
| 2003 | 19.05% | +0.098% |
| 2002 | 18.96% | +0.129% |
| 2001 | 18.83% | -0.051% |
| 2000 | 18.88% | -0.033% |
| 1999 | 18.91% | +0.021% |
| 1998 | 18.89% | +0.013% |
| 1997 | 18.88% | +0.094% |
| 1996 | 18.78% | -0.026% |
| 1995 | 18.81% | +0.027% |
| 1994 | 18.78% | -0.044% |
| 1993 | 18.83% | +0.017% |
| 1992 | 18.81% | -0.009% |
| 1991 | 18.82% | — |
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Nepal's youth unemployment rate is 20.56% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 20.64% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 24.07% (2020); the lowest is 18.78% (1994), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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