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IMF reports improved unemployment rate index for Iran
The unemployment rate in Iran has decreased in the last three years, hitting 8.1% in the past Iranian year of 1402 (ended March 19) from 9.2% for the year 1400, IRNA reported.
The descending trend continued in the spring of this year, so that according to Statistical Center of Iran (SCI), the unemployment rate of individuals aged 15 years and older reached 7.7% in the first quarter of 1403, which is 0.5% lower than the corresponding figure for spring of last year.
The recent report of the IMF on the unemployment in 99 countries shows that 11 countries have a double-digit unemployment rate in 2024, the highest unemployment rate with 49.5% belongs to Sudan.
North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Albania, Serbia and Greece are six European countries that have a higher unemployment rate than Iran, according to the IMF report.
Turkey, with an unemployment rate of 9.6% ranked 13th in the world ranking, said the report adding that Sweden, Italy, France and Finland have an unemployment rate close to that of Iran in 2024.