BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 29. The unemployment rate in Iran among citizens aged 15 and over decreased by 0.4 percent, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021), Trend reports via the statistics of Statistical Center of Iran.
The number of unemployed in Iran for last year exceeded 2.37 million people, which accounted for 9.2 percent of the active society.
The number of unemployed between the ages of 15 and 24 was about 558,000, and while, the number of unemployed between the ages of 18-35 was about 1.67 million.
In total, the number of people aged 15 and over in Iran exceeded 63 million last year. Of these, 37.2 million or 59.1 percent was considered inactive for economic activities, while 25.8 million or 40.9 percent - considered active for economic activities.
Meanwhile, the number of unemployed with higher education exceeded 957,000 in the country over last Iranian year.
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