Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 18
By Fatih Karimov– Trend:
Iran’s Statistical Center has published its quarterly report about employment situation in the country, which covers the summer of 2017.
According to the report, the number of unemployed Iranians aged over 10 years reached 3.156 million by Sept. 22, 2017.
The unemployment rate among Iranians aged over 10 years in the mentioned period was 11.7 percent, 0.9 percent less compared to spring 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 41 percent (0.4 percent more than spring), equal to 26.983 million.
The participation rate is the percentage of working-age persons in an economy who are employed or unemployed but looking for a job.
The report indicates that almost half of Iran’s labor force was employed in the service sector (11.798 million or 49.5 percent).
About 19.1 percent of the country's labor force was employed in the agriculture sector (4.545 million), while 31.4 percent were employed in the industry (7.48 million) sector.
In total 23.827 million people were employed in various sectors in the country by Sept. 2017 (36.2 percent).
Unemployment among men (2.073 million) and women (1.083 million) was also around 9.6 and 20 percent, respectively, during the period.
The country's urban and rural unemployment rate in the mentioned period stood at 13.3 and 7.4 percent, respectively.
According to the report, the country's labor force participation rate for men (21.569 million) and women (5.41 million) was 65.2 percent and 16.5 percent, respectively by Sept. 22.
The figure for country’s urban and rural areas also reached 40 percent and 43.8 percent, respectively in the same period.