Monday 22 April 2024

Unemployment in Nepal

27. Under the Prime Minister Employment Program, 14,084 unemployed individuals

out of 841,378 listed have got employment until the fiscal year 2022/23. Out of

708,245 enlisted unemployment, 163,708 got employment in the fiscal year

2021/22.

https://www.mof.gov.np/uploads/document/file/1710323031_Economic%20Survey%20Engslish%202022-23%20Eng%20Final%20for%20WEB.pdf 



Foreign Employment - Section 3 of Foreign Employment Act, 2007 stipulates that

the Government of Nepal shall specify the countries that can operate foreign

employment business by publishing notice in Nepal Gazette. Up to this year, total

111 countries on institutional basis and 178 countries on personal basis are opened

for sending/going foreign employment, but the permission of Iraq, Libya and

Ukraine has been suspended at present, and labor agreements have been signed with

only 10 countries. Labor agreement has not been signed with Saudi Arabia in which

28.17 percent of foreign employment workers have gone for employment. Of total

2 million 288 thousand 26 workers that gone for foreign employment in last five

year, 0.03 percent are high skilled, 0.13 percent are professional, 8.75 percent are

semi-skilled, 36.51 percent are skilled and 54.58 percent are non- skilled.

https://oag.gov.np/uploads/files/kwN-The%20Auditor%20General’s%20Sixtieth%20Annual%20Report%20Summary,%202023.pdf 

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