Statistics of the Employment of Nepali in Foreign Land
Department of foreign employment, Nepal government website statistics | |
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The Government of Nepal has given the permission to Nepalese to work in certain foreign countries. |
Foreign Employment Policy 2068 (Ministry of Labour and Employment) | |
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This document contains the policy of the government that is released by the Ministry of Labor and Employment in the year 2068.This document consists of the present status of the foreign employment for Nepalese. |
Half of Nepali households have member working abroad: Survey ekantipur article dated 2011-06-29 |
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The article states that almost half of the nepali households have at least one member working abroad or have a returnee. The data is taken from the Nepal Migration survey carried out by world bank in 2009. In the same article it is stated that a total of 2.1 million people are working abroad including India. The survey says that out of 2.1 million people working abroad 41 percent workers are in india, 38 percent are in gulf countries, 12 percent of them are in Malaysia and 8.7 percent are in developed countries. |
Worker Migration touches half-million mark Himalayan Times article dated 2013-06-23 |
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On the 11th month i.e., jestha of the 2069/70 fiscal year, the number of Nepalis entering foreign job market reached 556,790. According to Department of Foreign Employment, 403,090 new foreign job aspirants left for foreign countries for jobs while about 153,700 reentered foreign job markets. The highest number of job aspirants were found on the same month with the figure of 58,937 among which 45,383 were new job seekers and 13,554 were reentrants. |
Helping workers abroad Article on Nepali times, dated (17 Dec 2010- 23 Dec 2010) |
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In 2010, the formal remittance from the 3 million Nepali migrant workers across the globe reaching Rs 262 billion, it can be said that the foreign employment is the backbone of Nepali economy. |
Ministry of labor and transport management website reports | |
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In this website, miscellaneous information is provided with the involvement of the Ministry of Labor and Transportation together with the Foreign Employment Department. |