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Iran’s three-month unemployment rate stands at 7.5%: SCI
The data showed that 7.5 percent of the Iranian people aged 15 or older were jobless which is 0.4 percent lower than the corresponding figure for preceding year, IRNA reported on Saturday.
The SCI data also suggests that 41.7 percent of the country’s above-15 population were economically active which refers to the population either employed or seeking a job.
In its latest report, the International Monetary Fund has announced that Iran ranks 17th in the world in terms of unemployment rate, as the index is lower than the figure for six European countries and Turkey.
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.
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.