Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal

Nepal: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural was 0.4% in 2014. ▬ Flat

Latest (2014)
0.4%
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
73rd
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 1995
All-time low
0.4%
in 1998
Years of data
6
1995–2014

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal, 1995–2014

00.10.20.30.40.51995200420141995: 0.463 % of rural workers in the service sector1998: 0.4 % of rural workers in the service sector2003: 0.411 % of rural workers in the service sector2008: 0.451 % of rural workers in the service sector2013: 0.436 % of rural workers in the service sector2014: 0.43 % of rural workers in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural workers in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2014, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal stood at 0.4%.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal peaked at 0.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1998.

That places Nepal 73rd out of 84 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector) in Nepal, 1995 to 2014.
Year % of rural workers in the service sector Change
1995 0.5%
1998 0.4% -13.6%
2003 0.4% +2.8%
2008 0.5% +9.7%
2013 0.4% -3.3%
2014 0.4% -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 2
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 2
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 70 Mozambique 0.5% compare
  2. 71 Cambodia 0.5% compare
  3. 72 Peru 0.4% compare
  4. 74 Honduras 0.4% compare
  5. 75 Uganda 0.4% compare
  6. 76 Madagascar 0.4% compare

See the full ranking of 84 places →

More reference data data for Nepal

All data for Nepal →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal was 0.4% in 2014, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1995.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1998.
How does Nepal rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural?
Nepal ranks 73rd out of 84 countries with data for 2014.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nepal data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal. Statizoid. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-rural-percent-of-rural-workers-in-the-service/nepal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-rural-percent-of-rural-workers-in-the-service/nepal/">Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Nepal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,136 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed