The Statistical Center of Iran has put the country’s labor force participation rate — the proportion of the population of ages 15 and above that is economically active either employed or looking for a job — at 41.3% or 25.73 million people in the last fiscal year (March 2020-21).
The rate registers a 2.8% decrease year-on-year.
Men’s and women’s economic participation rates were at 68.7% and 13.9% respectively, down 2.4% and 3.1% YOY.
According to SCI, 21.4 million men and 4.33 million women of ages 15 and above were economically active last year, i.e., they were either employed or looking for a job.
