The Iranian Statistics Centre (SCI) stated in a report launched Monday that the nation’s unemployment charge reached 7.2% within the December quarter, down 0.4% from the earlier quarter.
SCI had reported unemployment charges of seven.7% and seven.5% for the quarter from late June to late September, Press TV reported.
SCI added that the unemployment charge for males fell from 6.1% in September to five.9% in December, whereas the unemployment charge for girls in Iran additionally fell from 14.2% to 13.7% within the quarter.
Iran’s city unemployment charge was 7.8% within the December quarter, down from 8.2% within the final quarter, including that the unemployment charge for rural populations additionally fell from 5.4% to five.2% over the identical interval.
Sci figures confirmed that Tehran, the place Iran’s capital is positioned, had the bottom unemployment charge within the December quarter of Iran’s 31 provinces.
The highest unemployment charge amongst Iranian provinces was reported in poor Sistan and Balchestan provinces. This is positioned on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in southeastern Iran, with unemployment charges of 12.5% from the quarter to late December.
Iran has lately launched plans to diversify its financial system from oil revenues amidst sanctions the US has imposed on the nation’s vitality sector.
This has allowed for a major enlargement of producing, mining and agricultural actions in Iran, creating extra jobs for the younger individuals of the nation.
MNA