South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces filed the lowest unemployment rate of 6.2% among all Iranian provinces in the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), according to the Statistical Center of Iran.
This is while Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari and Lorestan provinces registered the highest unemployment rate of 15.2%.
Tehran Province, wherein lies the capital city, registered a 7.2% unemployment rate.
Fifteen provinces, namely Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari (15.2%), Lorestan (15.2%), Kermanshah (14.9%), Kurdestan (14%), Khuzestan (13.9%), Hormozgan (13.5%), West Azarbaijan (13.2%), Alborz (11.5%), Sistan-Baluchestan (11.4%), Yazd (11.1%), Isfahan (10.9%), Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad (10.9%), North Khorasan (10.8%), Kerman (10.6%) and Qom (10%), registered double-digit unemployment rates for people of ages 15 and above last year.
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