Unemployment rate: Iran
8.301% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.301 |
| 2024 | 8.146 |
| 2023 | 8.129 |
| 2022 | 9.085 |
| 2021 | 9.282 |
| 2020 | 9.687 |
| 2019 | 10.74 |
| 2018 | 12.195 |
| 2017 | 12.232 |
| 2016 | 12.618 |
| 2015 | 11.166 |
| 2014 | 10.68 |
| 2013 | 10.595 |
| 2012 | 12.275 |
| 2011 | 12.491 |
| 2010 | 13.679 |
| 2009 | 12.113 |
| 2008 | 10.63 |
| 2007 | 10.772 |
| 2006 | 11.519 |
| 2005 | 11.813 |
| 2004 | 10.3 |
| 2003 | 11.529 |
| 2002 | 12.8 |
| 2001 | 12.362 |
| 2000 | 11.698 |
| 1999 | 11.176 |
| 1998 | 10.358 |
| 1997 | 9.68 |
| 1996 | 9.1 |
| 1995 | 9.904 |
| 1994 | 10.458 |
| 1993 | 10.573 |
| 1992 | 10.653 |
| 1991 | 11.1 |