Nepal’s labour market caught between jobless workers and worker shortages

Nepal's labor market is experiencing a paradoxical crisis characterized by simultaneous high unemployment and severe worker shortages. The discrepancy has left both job-seeking workers and employers struggling to connect.

According to analysis of the situation, the widening gap between the labor supply and market demand is driven by several systemic issues. These primary factors include weak skills recognition systems, inadequate job information dissemination, and low prevailing wages.