Sectoral Share of Employment in Q2 Under SCI Review

The services sector employed 48.8% of the Iranian employed population (11.43 million) in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), 0.7% higher than the corresponding period of last year, whereas industrial and agricultural sectors provided 33.8% and 17.4% of jobs respectively. 
Over 7.9 million were employed in the industrial sector, indicating an increase of 0.4% compared with the same period of the year before and 4.06 million worked in the agriculture sector, posting a 1.1% decrease YOY. 
The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade; restaurants and hotels; transport, storage and communications; financing, insurance, real-estate and business services; as well as community, social, education, health and personal services.