Unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 14.4% in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), posting a 0.5% year-on-year decrease.
According to the Statistical Center of Iran, higher education unemployment rate for men stood at 9.7% and that of women stuck around 25%.
The share of higher education unemployment from the total unemployed population was 40.6% in Q2, which indicates a decrease of 0.1% year-on-year.
The unemployment shares of male and female graduates from the total unemployed population stood at 27.2% and 71.6%, respectively, while the share of higher education unemployment from the total unemployed population were 43.2% in urban areas and 27.2% in rural areas during the period.
Iran’s overall unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 9.6% in Q2, indicating a 0.1% decline compared with the same period of last year.
A total of 2,496,086 Iranians were unemployed in Q2, such that men’s unemployment stood at 8.1% while the rate for women hovered around 17.7%.
Over 1.74 million men and 751,239 women of ages 15 and above were jobless in Q2.
The unemployment rate was 10.7% for urban areas (2.08 million people) and 6.5% for rural areas (411,930 people).
SCI has put Q2 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 41.1% or 25.9 million people, registering a 0.7% decrease year-on-year.
Men’s and women’s economic participation rates were 68.8% and 13.5% respectively in the same period.
A total of 21.66 million men and 4.24 million women of ages 15 and above were economically active in Q2, i.e., they were either employed or looking for a job.
