Graduates Account for Over 40% of Iran’s Q2 Jobless Population: SCI

The share of higher education unemployment from the total unemployed population in Iran was at 40.9% in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), registering a year-on-year increase of 0.3%, according to the Statistical Center of Iran.
The unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 13.2% in Q2, posting a 1.2% decrease. 
Higher education unemployment rate for men stood at 8.8% and that of women reached 23.2%.  
The unemployment shares of male and female graduates from the total unemployed population stood at 27.9% and 68.7%, respectively.