Unemployment Rate rose 42.1% to 15.6% in Iran in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Iran reached an all time high of 15.6% in 2021 and an all time low of 9.10% in 1996.
Iran has been ranked 7th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 27 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Afghanistan | % | 11.2% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 11.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 5.41% | 5.33% | 5.27% | 7.11% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 12.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 15.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 4.90% | 4.85% | 4.80% | 6.05% | 4.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 2.25% | 2.34% | 2.41% | 6.79% | 1.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 3.94% | 4.08% | 3.98% | 4.65% | 6.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 5.89% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 8.22% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 8.33% | 8.23% | 8.16% | 9.03% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 3.84% | 3.79% | 3.74% | 4.38% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 5.80% | 5.71% | 5.65% | 5.97% | ... | ... | ... |
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