Kathmandu Post report on Nepal's IT exports:
- NAS-IT says IT service exports crossed about USD 1 billion in 2025, but they call it a "best estimate", not official data - Last full study (IIDS, 2022) put ICT exports at about USD 515 million, with 70,000+ people working in the sector - Now about 100,000 people work in IT, and around 90% of the jobs are in Kathmandu - NAS-IT target: 500,000 tech-enabled jobs within a decade - Big problem: there is no official way to track IT earnings, because clients often send payments labelled as remittance - Industry wants stable tax policy for 10 to 15 years because tax rates change every year
For developers here working for foreign clients: do you receive payment as IT service export or does it come as remittance?