INDICES
Iran unemployment
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2.1% Improvement in Iran's NEET Unemployment Over 5 Years
EghtesadOnline: T he share of Iranian young people (ages 15-24) who were not in employment, education or training (NEETs, for short) fell from 38.3% in the fiscal 2011-12 to 36.2% in 2016-17, according to a report by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
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Unemployment at 12.1% Last Year
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s unemployment rate stood at 12.1% in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, registering a 0.3% drop compared with the year before, according to the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran.
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SCI Puts Iran's Winter Unemployment Rate at 12.1%
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year (Dec. 22, 2017-March 20) stood at 12.1%, registering a 0.4% drop compared with the same period of the year before and a 0.2% increase compared with Q3, the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran showed.
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Unemployment Forecast at 12.1 Percent
EghtesadOnline: The jobless rate is forecast by the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran to stand at 12.1% and economic growth to reach 5% in the current fiscal year (March 2017-18).
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Misery Index Reaches Lowest in Past 4 Years
EghtesadOnline: Inflation and unemployment are economic indices that directly affect people’s well-being.
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Unemployment Lowest in Free Trade Zones
EghtesadOnline: No one is jobless in Kish Free Trade Zone, the unemployment rate in Qeshm FTZ (about 6%) is half the country’s average and the number of jobless is very low in Aras FTZ, the secretary of High Council of Free Zones said.
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Unemployment Remains Critical
EghtesadOnline: A total of 26% of Iranian households (4.8 million) in urban areas had no employed member in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017), according to data released by the Central Bank of Iran.
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Summer Unemployment Declines by 1 Percent
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s unemployment rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal year (June 22-Sept. 22) stood at 11.7%, registering a 1% drop compared with the same period of last year and a 0.9% decrease compared with the previous quarter, the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran said.
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Historic Patterns in Iran’s Job Market
EghtesadOnline: The unemployment of three groups, namely young people, women and the educated, will put considerable pressure on Iran’s labor market in the coming years.
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President Rouhani: Unemployment to top agenda of new gov't
EghtesadOnlline: President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the 12th government is to spare no efforts to tackle unemployment through annual creation of over 900,000 job opportunities.