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This data is taken from table number 4-8 from page 52 of the report The unemployment rate of the population aged 15 and over by gender and by geographic regions - summer 2021.

This data is taken from table number 4-7 from page 51 of the report The unemployment rate of the population of higher education graduates by gender and by educational qualification - summer 2021.

A group of political stakeholders including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)  receive as much as 20 trillion Tomans (about $421.9 million, at an exchange rate of 47,400 Tomans/$1) worth of “free bitumen” from the Iranian government, an Iran Open Data analysis has shown. One of the p

In this regional analysis, we compare Iran’s oil and gas industry with Oman, one of few regional countries with good political relations with Iran. This is an unlikely comparison, as Oman is considered a minnow in the global oil & gas scene, whereas Iran has the largest combined oil and gas rese

Iran’s leaders are trying to portray the Islamic republic as heading in the right direction, using the recent truce with Saudi Arabia as an example, and by assuring the beleaguered Iranian business community that a new agreement on its nuclear program is on the horizon. Reviving the JCPOA will attra

The possibility of pension fund bankruptcy looms large in Iran, portending a major and unprecedented threat to Iran’s economy and society.An Iranian government official recently elaborated on the severity of the pension funds crisis. He compared it to the Greek economic crisis of the past decade, wh

Iran’s steel industry, once seen as formidable in the region, is lagging behind that of neighbouring countries. Although Iran has steadily increased its steel output in the past two decades, the industry has not kept up with the technological advances deployed elsewhere in the region. As a result, I

The reluctance of Iranian leaders to the global energy transition, which has seen other fossil fuel-rich nations invest heavily in renewable energy infrastructure, leaves the country exposed to major economic shocks.The so-called Energy Transition is especially prevalent in OECD countries, which inc

Double-digit inflation rates have left the Iranian government struggling to pay pensions to eligible citizens. As a solution, the Director General of Social Insurance of Iran’s Ministry of Labour Sajjad Padam recently suggested the government may need to sell its assets such as Kish & Qeshm Isla

Every year since 1979, the Victory Anniversary of the Revolution ceremony has been held on February 11th (22 Bahman in the Iranian calendar). This ceremony has been the subject of endless debate and controversy between supporters and opponents of the political system. About 97% of respondents d

Iran Open Data’s investigation shows a large numerical discrepancy between macroeconomic data reported by the Central Bank and the Statistical Center of Iran. Over the past two years, for example, the difference between their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculations is about 2 quadrillion Tomans (a

The percentage of people who bought Valentine's Day gifts for someone in 2022 was about 12% less than the previous year, findings from an Iran Open Data poll on Valentine's Day show. About 26% of participants say they bought a gift for someone on this day in 2022. 57% of participants say that neithe