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This data is taken from table number 4-11 from page 55 of the report The share of the population with working hours of 49 hours and more - summer 2021.

This data is taken from table number 4-10 from page 54 of the report The unemployment rate of the 15-24 year old population by gender and geographical regions - summer 2021.

This data is taken from table number 4-9 from page 53 of the report Unemployment rate of 18-35 year old population by gender and geographical regions - summer 2021.

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