Employment Rate at 37.8% in Q4

The employment rate stood at 37.8% (23.43 million) in the fourth quarter of the current Iranian year (Dec. 22, 2019-March 19), down 0.4% compared with the same quarter of the last Iranian year, according to the Statistical Center of Iran.
Employment is defined as persons of working age engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to a temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement.
Employment rates for men and women were 63% and 12.7%, respectively (19.51 million men and 3.92 million women). It was 36.9% or 17.44 million in urban areas and 40.8% or 5.98 million in rural areas.