Labor force, total¶
Indicator id: labour_force_total · Unit: people · Coverage: 1990-2024
People ages 15 and older who supply labour for the production of goods and services during a specified period, whether employed or unemployed (modelled ILO estimate).
Sources¶
- World Bank (preferred) -- dataset
WDI, codeSL.TLF.TOTL.IN(https://data.worldbank.org)
Caveats¶
Modelled ILO estimate; excludes labour migrants working abroad who remain resident on Nepal's official population base in some accounting conventions -- treat as a lower bound on domestically-available labour.
Taxonomy¶
SDG: SDG 8.5 -- Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all
Topic: Social Protection & Labor
Also known as¶
"labour force", "workforce size", "how many people work in Nepal", "size of workforce"
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