NCRI- Iran has been placed 94th in a global index of the world’s most skilled and productive working populations.
The regime came in the bottom quarter of all 122 nations surveyed in the new Human Capital Report by the World Economic Forum.
The report measures the ‘skills and capital that reside in people and that are put to productive use’, and looks at four main ‘pillars’ that make up a healthy and productive workforce.
Iran highest ranking was 68th for the level of education of workers. It ranked 87th for the physical and mental health of the employed population and 88th the state of environment in which they work.
But the regime was in 119th place – third from bottom across all 122 countries – for the quantity, talent and knowledge of the workforce.
This group also includes the gender balance of workers, and the report blamed Iran’s low ranking on the lack of women in work in the regime.
It said: “Iran is the lowest of the upper-middle income economies represented in the Asia and pacific region.
“Iran has a wide distribution across the four pillars, from 68th for education to 119th for workforce and employment.
“Strong enrolment rates push up Iran’s scores for the former pillar, whereas the bottom five positions for the economic participation gender gap and labour force participation indicators contribute to driving down the aggregate scores for the latter pillar.”
Switzerland was the world’s highest ranked nation overall, followed by Finland and Singapore. In the last three places were Guinea, Mauritania and Yemen.