Q3 Labor Force Participation Rate Reaches 40.9%: SCI

The Statistical Center of Iran put 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 40.9% or 2.58 million people in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21), registering a 0.5% year-on-year decrease. 
Economic participation rates for men and women were 68.7% and 13.1% respectively in the same period.
A total of 21.69 million men and 4.14 million women of ages 15 and above were economically active in Q3, i.e., they were either employed or looking for a job.