Work & Labour in Iran 89 indicators covering work & labour for Iran. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 9.3% 2025 down 2.8% 180th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.1% 2025 down 11.8% 145th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 41.0% 2025 down 2.3% 174th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.2% 2025 down 2.0% 120th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 20.8% 2025 down 0.4% 182nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 22.5% 2025 down 10.0% 177th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 15.6% 2025 up 1.0% 181st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 73.3% 2025 up 1.3% 129th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 45.0% 2025 up 1.0% 172nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 14.0% 2025 down 2.4% 182nd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 56.0% 2025 up 1.0% 117th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 49.8% 2025 up 2.1% 102nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 62.0% 2025 up 12.8% 113th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 63.0% 2025 up 12.4% 104th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 34.7% 2025 up 3.1% 6th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 57.1% 2025 up 2.8% 117th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 12.1% 2025 down 37.2% 56th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.6% 2025 down 28.4% 103rd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 3.2% 2025 down 33.1% 92nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 25.3% 2025 down 7.9% 6th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 36.4% 2025 up 4.7% 24th Employment in services (% of total employment) 51.7% 2025 up 4.0% 120th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 42.9% 2025 down 3.5% 70th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 44.0% 2025 down 1.2% 70th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 37.0% 2025 down 15.8% 83rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.4% 2025 down 4.3% 91st Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 down 5.5% 108th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 up 21.5% 121st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 32.0% 2025 down 24.1% 25th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 19.3% 2025 down 13.0% 47th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 21.9% 2025 down 15.6% 39th GDP per person employed 57,468 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 10.2% 72nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.6% 2024 down 28.5% 56th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.2% 2024 down 30.0% 64th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 14.3% 2024 down 27.8% 20th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 14.1% 2024 up 8.1% 192nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.4% 2024 down 0.5% 127th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 40.7% 2024 up 1.2% 191st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 9.3% 2024 up 8.3% 167th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.8% 2024 down 10.8% 129th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 20.9% 2024 up 8.7% 191st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 23.2% 2024 down 5.7% 168th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 20.2% 2024 down 20.2% 39th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.7% 2024 down 17.0% 41st Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 30.4% 2024 down 30.6% 17th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 36.2% 2025 down 23.9% 31st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 16.2% 2025 down 12.7% 74th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 25.9% 2025 down 20.8% 44th Productivity: output per hour worked 22.04 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 21.5% 71st Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 40.2% 2025 down 0.8% 66th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 6.3% 2025 up 14.3% 177th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 28.3% 2025 down 8.6% 142nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 17.6% 2025 down 5.1% 172nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 39.5% 2025 down 3.4% 65th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 11.8% 2025 up 2.5% 180th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 62.7% 2025 up 0.8% 118th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 37.6% 2025 up 0.8% 171st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 35.6% 2025 down 16.8% 81st Unemployment with basic education 5.0% 2024 down 35.1% 78th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.0% 2024 down 34.0% 74th 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