# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Nepal

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Nepal was 20.56% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `np`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/nepal
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=np

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 20.56 |
| 2024 | 20.64 |
| 2023 | 20.43 |
| 2022 | 20.61 |
| 2021 | 22.64 |
| 2020 | 24.07 |
| 2019 | 19.68 |
| 2018 | 19.6 |
| 2017 | 19.57 |
| 2016 | 19.55 |
| 2015 | 19.4 |
| 2014 | 19.35 |
| 2013 | 19.38 |
| 2012 | 19.31 |
| 2011 | 19.29 |
| 2010 | 19.21 |
| 2009 | 19.21 |
| 2008 | 19.2 |
| 2007 | 19.22 |
| 2006 | 19.13 |
| 2005 | 19.05 |
| 2004 | 19.1 |
| 2003 | 19.05 |
| 2002 | 18.96 |
| 2001 | 18.83 |
| 2000 | 18.88 |
| 1999 | 18.91 |
| 1998 | 18.89 |
| 1997 | 18.88 |
| 1996 | 18.78 |
| 1995 | 18.81 |
| 1994 | 18.78 |
| 1993 | 18.83 |
| 1992 | 18.81 |
| 1991 | 18.82 |