SCI: Q3 Underemployment at 9.9%

EghtesadOnline: Underemployment, the condition in which people in a labor force are employed for less than 44 hours of service per week, stood at 9.9% in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Sept. 22-Dec. 20, 2020), down 0.7% year-on-year.

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02 March 2021

The rate was higher for men and those living in rural areas, according to the Statistical Center of Iran.

The Q3 underemployment rate for men and women stood at 10.9% and 4.3%, respectively. It was 8.4% for urban areas and 14% for rural areas.

Q3 statistics show that 34.2% of Iran’s labor force worked more than 49 hours per week, indicating a 2.3% decrease over the same period of last year.

Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 9.4% in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Sept. 22-Dec. 20, 2020), indicating a 1.2% decline compared with the same period of last year.

A total of 2,435,717 Iranians were unemployed in Q3.

Men’s unemployment stood at 8.1% while the rate for women hovered around 15.9%.

Over 1.73 million men and 700,153 women of ages 15 and above were jobless in Q3.

The unemployment rate was 10.2% for urban areas (1.97 million people) and 7.2% for rural areas (465,111 people).