SCI: Labor Force Participation Rate Declines by 2.9% in Q3

The Statistical Center of Iran has put labor force participation rate—the proportion of the population of ages 15 and above that is either employed or looking for a job—at 41.4% or 25.84 million people in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Sept. 22-Dec. 20, 2020), registering a 2.9% year-on-year decrease. 
Men’s and women’s economic participation rates were at 68.8% and 14.1% respectively.
The SCI report shows that 21.45 million men and 4.39 million women of ages 15 and above were economically active in Q3, i.e., they were either employed or looking for a job.