Iran's Q4 Labor Force Participation at 42.4%

The Statistical Center of Iran has put labor force participation rate—the proportion of the population of ages 15 and above that is economically active either employed or looking for job—in the fourth quarter of the current Iranian year (Dec. 22, 2019-March 19) at 42.4% (26.22 million people).
It registers a 1.1% decrease year-on-year.
Men’s and women’s economic participation rates were 69.4% and 15.3% respectively in the same period.
According to SCI, 21.49 million men and 4.73 million women of ages 15 and above were economically active in Q4.
Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 10.6% in winter, indicating a 1.7% decline compared with the same period of last year.