Iran Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Iran increased to 12.20 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 11.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Iran averaged 11.72 percent from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 14.70 percent in the first quarter of 2002 and a record low of 9.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Unemployment Rate in Iran is expected to be 13.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Iran to stand at 15.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Iran Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 16.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Iran Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	12.20	11.70	14.70	9.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	23317664.00	23922028.00	24064690.00	19508063.00		[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	28.30	28.40	30.40	22.90	percent	[+]
Population	82.10	80.90	82.10	21.96	Million	[+]

In Iran, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Iran Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Iran Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	12.20	11.70	14.70	9.50	2001 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	29.00	Jun/19	27.6	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.02	Jun/19	14.7	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Jun/19	12.8	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	11.80	Jul/19	12	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.60	Jun/19	10.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	Jul/19	9.8	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.50	Jun/19	8.7	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	Jul/19	7.5	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Canada	5.70	Aug/19	5.7	13.1 : 2.9	%
Saudi Arabia	5.60	Jun/19	5.7	6.3 : 4.35	%
Australia	5.30	Aug/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.30	Aug/19	4.5	14.1 : 4.3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Jul/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
Mexico	3.70	Jul/19	3.6	6.42 : 2.22	%
United States	3.70	Aug/19	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.61	Jun/19	3.67	4.3 : 3.61	%
Netherlands	3.50	Aug/19	3.4	7.9 : 3.3	%
South Korea	3.10	Aug/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
Germany	3.00	Jul/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.20	Jul/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Jun/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Aug/19	2.1	5.7 : 1.5	%