Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 11
By Fatih Karimov– Trend:
Iran’s Statistical Center has published a detailed report about the employment situation in the country. The report covers spring of 2017.
The number of unemployed Iranians aged over 10 years reached 3.366 million by June 22, 2017.
The unemployment rate among Iranians aged over 10 years in the mentioned period was 12.6 percent, 0.1 percent more compared to winter of 2017.
All Iranians aged over 10 years, who worked at least one hour a week, or temporary left their work during the survey week, were included as "employed labor force" in the report.
The country's labor force participation rate stood at 40.6 percent (1.7 percent more than winter), equal to 26.675 million.
The participation rate is the percentage of working-age persons in an economy who are employed or unemployed but looking for a job.
About 18.7 percent of the country's labor force was employed in the agriculture sector(4.359 million), while 31.5 and 49.8 percent were employed in the industry (7.342 million) and services (11.597 million) sectors, respectively.
In total 23.308 million people were employed in various sectors in the country by June 2017 (35.5 percent).
Unemployment among men (2.247 million) and women (1.119 million) was also around 10.6 and 20.8 percent, respectively, during the period.
The country's urban and rural unemployment rate in the mentioned period stood at 14.4 and 7.8 percent, respectively.
According to the report, the country's labor force participation rate for men(21.3 million) and women(5.4 million) was 64.5 percent and 16.4 percent, respectively by June.
The figure for country’s urban and rural areas also reached 39.8 percent and 43 percent, respectively in the same period.
