“Did You Know?” One Full-Time Job Available for Every Six Iranians

In our “Did You Know?” series of articles, IranWire collects, analyses and compares reliable data to produce illuminating infographics on current events in Iran.

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According to the Iranian Statistics Center’s latest labor report, less than 14 million Iranians aged over 15 years are working full time for an employer, out of a working-age population of 64 million.

The report covering the first three months of 2023 says that more than 38 million men and women – two-thirds of the working-age population – are outside the labor market. 

More than half of the "economically inactive population” is made up of housewives, one-third are students, while 13 percent of people in this group, or approximately 5 million people, receive incomes without working.

The report indicates that 2.5 million people are unemployed, while 9.5 million people hold part-time jobs. 

More than 2.3 million men and women are seeking but are unable to find full-time employment.