Figures by the Iranian government’s statistics agency show that the country’s year-on-year unemployment rate went down to 7.6% in the third quarter of Iran’s calendar year ending on December 21.

According to The Iran Project,The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said in a report on Monday that the share of people classed as economically active rose 0.5% compared to the same period last year.

The working population of 15 years and older was 24,775,000 people, which has increased by 706,000 people compared to the previous year, the SCI said.

It further said that the services sector accounted for the largest share of employment with 52.1%, followed by the industry and agriculture sectors with 34.2% and 13.6%, respectively.