| TABLE 24 : USUALLY ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION 10 -YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY AVERAGE | ||||||
| DURATION OF WORK IN THE LAST 12-MONTHS, AGE GROUP AND SEX FOR REGIONS | ||||||
| Area, Age and Sex | Total | Less than 3 months | 3 to 5 months | 6 to 7 months | 8 months and over | |
| Nepal | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 9900196 | 498512 | 665569 | 444176 | 8291938 | |
| 10-14 Years | 609414 | 184769 | 110597 | 29765 | 284283 | |
| 15-19 Years | 1021826 | 117018 | 110781 | 54976 | 739052 | |
| 20-24 Years | 1287202 | 48505 | 84900 | 62872 | 1090926 | |
| 25-29 Years | 1288745 | 30773 | 69060 | 54749 | 1134163 | |
| 30-34 Years | 1181469 | 23176 | 57468 | 46588 | 1054236 | |
| 35-39 Years | 1064434 | 19025 | 48743 | 42427 | 954239 | |
| 40-44 Years | 887451 | 15543 | 40907 | 35029 | 795970 | |
| 45-49 Years | 752453 | 12972 | 34278 | 31061 | 674142 | |
| 50-54 Years | 604969 | 11403 | 28707 | 25661 | 539198 | |
| 55-59 Years | 455012 | 9319 | 24087 | 20968 | 400638 | |
| 60-64 Years | 335339 | 8989 | 21592 | 17423 | 287335 | |
| 65+ Years | 411884 | 17021 | 34451 | 22656 | 337757 | |
| Male | 5606774 | 206576 | 282933 | 202751 | 4914515 | |
| 10-14 Years | 288475 | 97657 | 53218 | 12778 | 124822 | |
| 15-19 Years | 507044 | 60916 | 51102 | 25556 | 369470 | |
| 20-24 Years | 672672 | 18249 | 34725 | 28690 | 591008 | |
| 25-29 Years | 723920 | 7289 | 26237 | 23390 | 667004 | |
| 30-34 Years | 685446 | 4129 | 21682 | 19093 | 640542 | |
| 35-39 Years | 623938 | 3349 | 18176 | 18370 | 584043 | |
| 40-44 Years | 517597 | 2395 | 15236 | 14939 | 485028 | |
| 45-49 Years | 449369 | 1962 | 12907 | 13871 | 420629 | |
| 50-54 Years | 366630 | 1738 | 10970 | 12502 | 341420 | |
| 55-59 Years | 287712 | 1553 | 10369 | 10632 | 265158 | |
| 60-64 Years | 210245 | 1895 | 9779 | 9351 | 189220 | |
| 65+ Years | 273725 | 5444 | 18530 | 13580 | 236171 | |
| Female | 4293422 | 291936 | 382637 | 241425 | 3377424 | |
| 10-14 Years | 320939 | 87112 | 57379 | 16987 | 159461 | |
| 15-19 Years | 514783 | 56102 | 59678 | 29420 | 369582 | |
| 20-24 Years | 614530 | 30256 | 50175 | 34182 | 499917 | |
| 25-29 Years | 564825 | 23485 | 42822 | 31359 | 467159 | |
| 30-34 Years | 496023 | 19047 | 35786 | 27496 | 413695 | |
| 35-39 Years | 440495 | 15676 | 30566 | 24057 | 370195 | |
| 40-44 Years | 369854 | 13149 | 25671 | 20091 | 310943 | |
| 45-49 Years | 303083 | 11010 | 21371 | 17190 | 253513 | |
| 50-54 Years | 238338 | 9665 | 17736 | 13159 | 197778 | |
| 55-59 Years | 167300 | 7766 | 13717 | 10337 | 135480 | |
| 60-64 Years | 125094 | 7094 | 11814 | 8072 | 98114 | |
| 65+ Years | 138159 | 11577 | 15921 | 9075 | 101586 | |
| Eastern Dev. Region | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 2362979 | 139447 | 150729 | 107548 | 1965255 | |
| 10-14 Years | 150811 | 56141 | 29116 | 7234 | 58321 | |
| 15-19 Years | 241769 | 36583 | 29461 | 12771 | 162955 | |
| 20-24 Years | 292077 | 13204 | 19166 | 15295 | 244412 | |
| 25-29 Years | 297497 | 7587 | 14796 | 13119 | 261995 | |
| 30-34 Years | 280282 | 5322 | 11751 | 11579 | 251630 | |
| 35-39 Years | 259803 | 4326 | 9959 | 10958 | 234560 | |
| 40-44 Years | 218898 | 3441 | 8454 | 8492 | 198511 | |
| 45-49 Years | 183721 | 2787 | 6692 | 7481 | 166762 | |
| 50-54 Years | 146356 | 2472 | 5518 | 6030 | 132335 | |
| 55-59 Years | 109028 | 1787 | 4678 | 4776 | 97787 | |
| 60-64 Years | 80099 | 1862 | 4063 | 3970 | 70205 | |
| 65+ Years | 102637 | 3934 | 7076 | 5845 | 85782 | |
| Male | 1346010 | 59325 | 59058 | 48472 | 1179155 | |
| 10-14 Years | 74550 | 29159 | 13989 | 3273 | 28129 | |
| 15-19 Years | 122999 | 18895 | 13423 | 5896 | 84784 | |
| 20-24 Years | 153086 | 5268 | 7228 | 7023 | 133567 | |
| 25-29 Years | 167727 | 1839 | 4843 | 5519 | 155527 | |
| 30-34 Years | 161642 | 749 | 3620 | 4602 | 152670 | |
| 35-39 Years | 152793 | 621 | 3112 | 4655 | 144404 | |
| 40-44 Years | 127956 | 438 | 2457 | 3453 | 121608 | |
| 45-49 Years | 110535 | 336 | 1985 | 3242 | 104972 | |
| 50-54 Years | 88120 | 325 | 1681 | 2852 | 83262 | |
| 55-59 Years | 68390 | 262 | 1647 | 2331 | 64150 | |
| 60-64 Years | 50504 | 338 | 1600 | 2165 | 46401 | |
| 65+ Years | 67710 | 1096 | 3472 | 3461 | 59680 | |
| Female | 1016969 | 80121 | 91671 | 59076 | 786100 | |
| 10-14 Years | 76261 | 26982 | 15126 | 3961 | 30192 | |
| 15-19 Years | 118771 | 17688 | 16037 | 6875 | 78171 | |
| 20-24 Years | 138991 | 7936 | 11939 | 8272 | 110845 | |
| 25-29 Years | 129770 | 5748 | 9954 | 7600 | 106468 | |
| 30-34 Years | 118640 | 4573 | 8130 | 6977 | 98959 | |
| 35-39 Years | 107011 | 3705 | 6847 | 6303 | 90156 | |
| 40-44 Years | 90942 | 3004 | 5996 | 5039 | 76904 | |
| 45-49 Years | 73186 | 2451 | 4707 | 4238 | 61790 | |
| 50-54 Years | 58236 | 2148 | 3838 | 3178 | 49073 | |
| 55-59 Years | 40639 | 1525 | 3031 | 2445 | 33637 | |
| 60-64 Years | 29595 | 1524 | 2462 | 1805 | 23804 | |
| 65+ Years | 34927 | 2838 | 3603 | 2384 | 26101 | |
| Central Dev. Region | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 3234707 | 112912 | 199554 | 132816 | 2789426 | |
| 10-14 Years | 152078 | 31203 | 22548 | 8069 | 90258 | |
| 15-19 Years | 297796 | 21712 | 27375 | 15373 | 233335 | |
| 20-24 Years | 422612 | 13250 | 26057 | 17957 | 365348 | |
| 25-29 Years | 444720 | 10087 | 22983 | 16805 | 394845 | |
| 30-34 Years | 419910 | 8040 | 20506 | 15094 | 376270 | |
| 35-39 Years | 367321 | 6371 | 17442 | 13298 | 330210 | |
| 40-44 Years | 300695 | 5242 | 14416 | 10811 | 270226 | |
| 45-49 Years | 247378 | 4283 | 11664 | 9280 | 222151 | |
| 50-54 Years | 195630 | 3483 | 9960 | 7585 | 174603 | |
| 55-59 Years | 145421 | 2765 | 8053 | 6259 | 128344 | |
| 60-64 Years | 107486 | 2404 | 7019 | 5430 | 92633 | |
| 65+ Years | 133659 | 4072 | 11530 | 6855 | 111203 | |
| Male | 2032649 | 41246 | 95604 | 64067 | 1831732 | |
| 10-14 Years | 75966 | 15693 | 11059 | 3748 | 45466 | |
| 15-19 Years | 166711 | 10993 | 13513 | 7666 | 134539 | |
| 20-24 Years | 249469 | 4403 | 12117 | 8732 | 224217 | |
| 25-29 Years | 279274 | 2472 | 10399 | 7563 | 258840 | |
| 30-34 Years | 270317 | 1693 | 9414 | 6449 | 252761 | |
| 35-39 Years | 238869 | 1311 | 7868 | 5958 | 223733 | |
| 40-44 Years | 194650 | 982 | 6534 | 4971 | 182162 | |
| 45-49 Years | 163566 | 776 | 5423 | 4555 | 152813 | |
| 50-54 Years | 129783 | 621 | 4589 | 3875 | 120698 | |
| 55-59 Years | 99008 | 515 | 4033 | 3419 | 91040 | |
| 60-64 Years | 71857 | 514 | 3759 | 2926 | 64659 | |
| 65+ Years | 93180 | 1272 | 6898 | 4206 | 80803 | |
| Female | 1202058 | 71666 | 103949 | 68749 | 957694 | |
| 10-14 Years | 76112 | 15510 | 11489 | 4321 | 44792 | |
| 15-19 Years | 131085 | 10719 | 13862 | 7708 | 98796 | |
| 20-24 Years | 173143 | 8847 | 13940 | 9225 | 141130 | |
| 25-29 Years | 165446 | 7615 | 12584 | 9242 | 136005 | |
| 30-34 Years | 149593 | 6347 | 11093 | 8645 | 123509 | |
| 35-39 Years | 128452 | 5060 | 9575 | 7340 | 106477 | |
| 40-44 Years | 106045 | 4259 | 7882 | 5840 | 88064 | |
| 45-49 Years | 83811 | 3507 | 6241 | 4725 | 69338 | |
| 50-54 Years | 65848 | 2862 | 5371 | 3710 | 53905 | |
| 55-59 Years | 46413 | 2249 | 4020 | 2840 | 37304 | |
| 60-64 Years | 35630 | 1890 | 3261 | 2504 | 27975 | |
| 65+ Years | 40480 | 2800 | 4632 | 2649 | 30399 | |
| Western Dev. Region | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 2046516 | 115469 | 134966 | 83765 | 1712317 | |
| 10-14 Years | 120911 | 47542 | 25018 | 5533 | 42817 | |
| 15-19 Years | 214994 | 29944 | 25504 | 10918 | 148627 | |
| 20-24 Years | 258088 | 8982 | 16323 | 11694 | 221089 | |
| 25-29 Years | 248906 | 4971 | 12098 | 9488 | 222349 | |
| 30-34 Years | 226894 | 3864 | 9958 | 7475 | 205597 | |
| 35-39 Years | 210021 | 3173 | 8469 | 7268 | 191112 | |
| 40-44 Years | 183709 | 2718 | 7605 | 6671 | 166714 | |
| 45-49 Years | 160427 | 2401 | 6595 | 5766 | 145665 | |
| 50-54 Years | 133641 | 2485 | 5380 | 5211 | 120566 | |
| 55-59 Years | 103105 | 2162 | 4847 | 4511 | 91586 | |
| 60-64 Years | 80227 | 2273 | 4819 | 3941 | 69194 | |
| 65+ Years | 105593 | 4955 | 8348 | 5289 | 87001 | |
| Male | 1036073 | 49033 | 49085 | 34848 | 903107 | |
| 10-14 Years | 56077 | 24263 | 10917 | 2377 | 18521 | |
| 15-19 Years | 97571 | 15380 | 10803 | 4982 | 66407 | |
| 20-24 Years | 115701 | 3416 | 5690 | 4784 | 101811 | |
| 25-29 Years | 119228 | 1241 | 3513 | 3559 | 110914 | |
| 30-34 Years | 113260 | 709 | 2857 | 2497 | 107198 | |
| 35-39 Years | 106155 | 604 | 2305 | 2638 | 100607 | |
| 40-44 Years | 93813 | 361 | 2175 | 2308 | 88969 | |
| 45-49 Years | 85045 | 324 | 1845 | 2138 | 80738 | |
| 50-54 Years | 73713 | 391 | 1510 | 2364 | 69448 | |
| 55-59 Years | 59941 | 337 | 1721 | 2027 | 55856 | |
| 60-64 Years | 47619 | 471 | 1773 | 2036 | 43338 | |
| 65+ Years | 67951 | 1538 | 3974 | 3137 | 59301 | |
| Female | 1010443 | 66435 | 85881 | 48917 | 809210 | |
| 10-14 Years | 64834 | 23280 | 14102 | 3156 | 24296 | |
| 15-19 Years | 117422 | 14564 | 14702 | 5936 | 82221 | |
| 20-24 Years | 142387 | 5566 | 10633 | 6910 | 119278 | |
| 25-29 Years | 129678 | 3730 | 8584 | 5929 | 111435 | |
| 30-34 Years | 113634 | 3155 | 7101 | 4978 | 98399 | |
| 35-39 Years | 103867 | 2569 | 6164 | 4629 | 90504 | |
| 40-44 Years | 89896 | 2358 | 5430 | 4363 | 77745 | |
| 45-49 Years | 75382 | 2078 | 4750 | 3627 | 64927 | |
| 50-54 Years | 59928 | 2093 | 3870 | 2847 | 51118 | |
| 55-59 Years | 43164 | 1825 | 3125 | 2484 | 35730 | |
| 60-64 Years | 32608 | 1802 | 3046 | 1905 | 25856 | |
| 65+ Years | 37642 | 3416 | 4374 | 2152 | 27700 | |
| Mid West Dev. Region | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 1236363 | 78915 | 98959 | 65499 | 992990 | |
| 10-14 Years | 107086 | 29090 | 19721 | 5563 | 52712 | |
| 15-19 Years | 152248 | 17356 | 16213 | 9306 | 109374 | |
| 20-24 Years | 171748 | 7609 | 13084 | 10135 | 140920 | |
| 25-29 Years | 163354 | 5170 | 10563 | 7946 | 139675 | |
| 30-34 Years | 139741 | 3793 | 8444 | 6643 | 120861 | |
| 35-39 Years | 124869 | 3415 | 7050 | 5876 | 108528 | |
| 40-44 Years | 101792 | 2659 | 5552 | 4828 | 88754 | |
| 45-49 Years | 87754 | 2298 | 4752 | 4479 | 76224 | |
| 50-54 Years | 69640 | 2026 | 4058 | 3584 | 59971 | |
| 55-59 Years | 51684 | 1693 | 3266 | 2825 | 43901 | |
| 60-64 Years | 33847 | 1550 | 2937 | 2065 | 27294 | |
| 65+ Years | 32601 | 2257 | 3319 | 2249 | 24776 | |
| Male | 675638 | 31462 | 37820 | 30640 | 575716 | |
| 10-14 Years | 49033 | 16245 | 9948 | 2314 | 20525 | |
| 15-19 Years | 70512 | 8741 | 7035 | 4158 | 50577 | |
| 20-24 Years | 87779 | 2432 | 4456 | 4723 | 76168 | |
| 25-29 Years | 89758 | 879 | 3357 | 3409 | 82112 | |
| 30-34 Years | 79286 | 482 | 2490 | 3012 | 73303 | |
| 35-39 Years | 71562 | 404 | 1949 | 2746 | 66463 | |
| 40-44 Years | 57836 | 314 | 1634 | 2286 | 53601 | |
| 45-49 Years | 51284 | 276 | 1313 | 2056 | 47639 | |
| 50-54 Years | 42083 | 218 | 1304 | 1864 | 38697 | |
| 55-59 Years | 33275 | 240 | 1287 | 1480 | 30268 | |
| 60-64 Years | 21091 | 368 | 1213 | 1178 | 18332 | |
| 65+ Years | 22140 | 863 | 1833 | 1413 | 18031 | |
| Female | 560725 | 47453 | 61139 | 34858 | 417275 | |
| 10-14 Years | 58053 | 12845 | 9773 | 3249 | 32186 | |
| 15-19 Years | 81737 | 8615 | 9177 | 5148 | 58797 | |
| 20-24 Years | 83969 | 5177 | 8628 | 5412 | 64753 | |
| 25-29 Years | 73596 | 4291 | 7205 | 4537 | 57563 | |
| 30-34 Years | 60455 | 3311 | 5954 | 3631 | 47558 | |
| 35-39 Years | 53306 | 3011 | 5100 | 3130 | 42065 | |
| 40-44 Years | 43957 | 2344 | 3918 | 2542 | 35153 | |
| 45-49 Years | 36470 | 2022 | 3440 | 2423 | 28585 | |
| 50-54 Years | 27557 | 1808 | 2754 | 1720 | 21275 | |
| 55-59 Years | 18409 | 1453 | 1978 | 1344 | 13633 | |
| 60-64 Years | 12756 | 1182 | 1724 | 887 | 8962 | |
| 65+ Years | 10461 | 1395 | 1486 | 836 | 6744 | |
| Far West Dev. Region | ||||||
| Both Sexes | 1019632 | 51770 | 81362 | 54549 | 831950 | |
| 10-14 Years | 78529 | 20792 | 14194 | 3367 | 40176 | |
| 15-19 Years | 115019 | 11422 | 12228 | 6608 | 84761 | |
| 20-24 Years | 142677 | 5461 | 10269 | 7790 | 119157 | |
| 25-29 Years | 134268 | 2959 | 8620 | 7391 | 115299 | |
| 30-34 Years | 114642 | 2157 | 6809 | 5798 | 99879 | |
| 35-39 Years | 102419 | 1740 | 5822 | 5028 | 89829 | |
| 40-44 Years | 82356 | 1484 | 4880 | 4228 | 71764 | |
| 45-49 Years | 73173 | 1203 | 4574 | 4055 | 63340 | |
| 50-54 Years | 59702 | 936 | 3791 | 3252 | 51723 | |
| 55-59 Years | 45773 | 913 | 3243 | 2598 | 39019 | |
| 60-64 Years | 33679 | 900 | 2754 | 2017 | 28008 | |
| 65+ Years | 37394 | 1803 | 4178 | 2418 | 28996 | |
| Male | 516404 | 25509 | 41366 | 24724 | 424805 | |
| 10-14 Years | 32849 | 12297 | 7306 | 1066 | 12181 | |
| 15-19 Years | 49251 | 6906 | 6328 | 2855 | 33162 | |
| 20-24 Years | 66638 | 2731 | 5235 | 3426 | 55246 | |
| 25-29 Years | 67934 | 858 | 4125 | 3340 | 59611 | |
| 30-34 Years | 60942 | 496 | 3302 | 2534 | 54610 | |
| 35-39 Years | 54560 | 409 | 2942 | 2373 | 48836 | |
| 40-44 Years | 43342 | 300 | 2435 | 1921 | 38687 | |
| 45-49 Years | 38939 | 251 | 2342 | 1879 | 34467 | |
| 50-54 Years | 32932 | 183 | 1886 | 1548 | 29315 | |
| 55-59 Years | 27099 | 200 | 1681 | 1374 | 23844 | |
| 60-64 Years | 19174 | 205 | 1433 | 1046 | 16490 | |
| 65+ Years | 22745 | 675 | 2352 | 1363 | 18355 | |
| Female | 503227 | 26261 | 39996 | 29825 | 407146 | |
| 10-14 Years | 45679 | 8496 | 6889 | 2300 | 27994 | |
| 15-19 Years | 65768 | 4516 | 5900 | 3753 | 51598 | |
| 20-24 Years | 76040 | 2730 | 5035 | 4363 | 63912 | |
| 25-29 Years | 66334 | 2101 | 4494 | 4051 | 55688 | |
| 30-34 Years | 53700 | 1661 | 3507 | 3264 | 45269 | |
| 35-39 Years | 47860 | 1330 | 2880 | 2655 | 40993 | |
| 40-44 Years | 39014 | 1184 | 2445 | 2307 | 33077 | |
| 45-49 Years | 34234 | 952 | 2232 | 2176 | 28873 | |
| 50-54 Years | 26770 | 754 | 1904 | 1704 | 22408 | |
| 55-59 Years | 18674 | 713 | 1563 | 1224 | 15175 | |
| 60-64 Years | 14505 | 696 | 1321 | 972 | 11517 | |
| 65+ Years | 14649 | 1128 | 1826 | 1055 | 10641 | |