1. Employment
Index Age group Labor force survey(2055/56) Labor force survey(2064/65)
Current labor
force
participation
Total Urban
area
Rural
area
Total Urban
area
Rural
area
5-14 year 40.9% 19.0% 43.6% 33.9% 14.3% 36.7%
15 year and
above
85.8% 73.3% 87.7% 83.4% 67.3% 86.8%
Source: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nepal/unemployment-rate
3. • According to NLFS II, 6.7 % time related underemployed, 8.1 %
low income earned people and 13% haven’t job according to their
skills (Labor Force Survey 2065/66)
• According to gender, 35.2% are men and 22.8% are women
unemployed.
4. Causes of unemployment:
1. Education
Area 2058 2068
National 54.1% 65.9%
Male 65.5% `75.1%
Female 42.8% 57.4%
Urban 71.9% 82.2%
Rural 51.0% 62.5%
Still 24.9% are uneducated
Source: http://cbs.gov.np/
7. Causes of educated unemployment:
• lack of domestic job opportunities
• Disrespectful jobs
• Lack of Industrial and Technical Training
• Mentality
8. 2. Investment
• Lack of government expenditure
• Lack of private investment
• Geographical location
• Lack of investment in technology
• Lack of knowledge about investment areas
10. Another causes of unemployment
• Recession
• Occupational immobility
• Geographical immobility
• Technological change
Source:
http://www.economicshelp.org/macroeconomics/unemployment/causes/
11. Impact of unemployment
• Poverty
• Economic growth
• Brain drain
• Increase in crime rate
• Psychological Effects
• Depends upon foreign land
12. Currently:
• Brain drain (both skilled and unskilled)
• Due to earthquake many organization had collapsed which
give rise unemployment
• Our GDP is hugely depends upon remittance
• Increase in no. of investors
• Lack of labor forces especially in construction side
• Political parties and politicization affects all most all the
sectors.
13. Solution
• Focusing on practical education
• Control Population Explosion
• Rapid Industrialization
• Increase in government expenditure
• Encourage private sector
• Draw government attention
