Q1 Employment Rate Hit 33.7%

The employment rate was 37.7% (23.58 million) in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), down 0.6% compared with the same quarter of the last Iranian year, according to the Statistical Center of Iran.
Employment rates for men and women were 63.9% and 11.6%, respectively, which constituted 19.9 million men and 36.81 million women in Q1. 
It was 36.1% (17.68 million people) in urban areas and 40.7% (5.9 million) in rural areas.