452. During the Tenth Development Plan,
it is foreseen that 4 million new jobs will
be created in total, with an annual average
employment increase of 2.9 percent. As a
result of employment creation mainly in
industry and services sectors, the share of
agricultural employment will decline to
21.9 percent and employment will have
shifted to more productive areas. In addition
to rapid employment increase, with the
effect of labor market policies total labor
force participation rate is expected to reach
53.8 percent with a 2.7 percentage points
increase, particularly with the increase in
female labor force participation. In line
with these developments, unemployment
rate will decrease gradually to 7.2 percent