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Unemployment rate in Iran

How hard is it to have a job there?

Iran's unemployment rate is 8.30 % — #93 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

8.30%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Iran over time

13.68 %10.90 %8.13 %13.68 % · 20108.13 % · 20232000: 11.70 %2001: 12.36 %2002: 12.80 %2003: 11.53 %2004: 10.30 %2005: 11.81 %2006: 11.52 %2007: 10.77 %2008: 10.63 %2009: 12.11 %2010: 13.68 %2011: 12.49 %2012: 12.28 %2013: 10.60 %2014: 10.68 %2015: 11.17 %2016: 12.62 %2017: 12.23 %2018: 12.20 %2019: 10.74 %2020: 9.69 %2021: 9.28 %2022: 9.09 %2023: 8.13 %2024: 8.15 %2025: 8.30 %2000201220258.30 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#93 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
25 %
31 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.15 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.38 pp
peak 13.68 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 3.40 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #29 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +3.05 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Iran: ahead of 25 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentIran 8.30 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Iran is ahead of 25 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Iran
91 Suriname7.83 %−0.47 pp
92 Colombia8.29 %−0.01 pp
93 Iran8.30 %—
94 Estonia8.31 %+0.01 pp
95 Panama8.36 %+0.06 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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