The unemployment rate in Turkey dropped to 13.2 percent in March of 2020 from 14.1 percent a year earlier, as the number of unemployed went down by 573 thousand to 3.971 million, the lowest since October of 2018. The non-agricultural unemployment rate fell to 15 percent from 16.1 percent. Meantime, employment declined by 1.66 million to 26.133 million, the lowest since March of 2015, with job losses recorded mainly in agriculture, services and industry. The labour force participation rate declined to 49 percent from 53.4 percent a year earlier, the lowest since December of 2013.

Unemployment Rate in Turkey averaged 10.41 percent from 2005 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14.80 percent in February of 2009 and a record low of 7.30 percent in June of 2012. This page provides the latest reported value for - Turkey Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Turkey Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2020. source: Turkish Statistical Institute

Unemployment Rate in Turkey is expected to be 15.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Turkey to stand at 17.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Turkey Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 15.70 percent in 2021 and 12.90 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Turkey Unemployment Rate

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
13.20 13.60 14.80 7.30 2005 - 2020 percent Monthly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-03-10 07:00 AM Dec 13.7% 13.3% 13.8%
2020-04-10 07:00 AM Jan 13.8% 13.7% 15%
2020-05-11 07:00 AM Feb 13.6% 13.8% 14.9%
2020-06-10 07:00 AM Mar 13.2% 13.6% 15.1%
2020-07-10 07:00 AM Apr 13.2% 14.6%
2020-08-10 07:00 AM May 16.3%
2020-09-10 07:00 AM Jun 15.8%
2020-10-12 07:00 AM Jul 17%
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Turkey Jobless Rate Drops to 13.2%
The unemployment rate in Turkey dropped to 13.2 percent in March of 2020 from 14.1 percent a year earlier, as the number of unemployed went down by 573 thousand to 3.971 million, the lowest since October of 2018. The non-agricultural unemployment rate fell to 15 percent from 16.1 percent. Meantime, employment declined by 1.66 million to 26.133 million, the lowest since March of 2015, with job losses recorded mainly in agriculture, services and industry. The labour force participation rate declined to 49 percent from 53.4 percent a year earlier, the lowest since December of 2013.
2020-06-10
Turkish Jobless Rate Falls to 13.6% in February
The unemployment rate in Turkey dropped to 13.6 percent in February 2020 from 14.7 percent in the corresponding month of the previous year, as the number of unemployed went down by 502 thousand to 4.228 million. Meantime, employment fell by 602 thousand to 26.753 million, with job losses recorded mainly in agriculture, construction and services. The labour force participation rate declined to 49.9 percent from 52.5 percent a year earlier and the employment rate decreased to 43.1 percent from 44.8 percent.
2020-05-11
Turkish Jobless Rate Drops to 13.8% in January
The unemployment rate in Turkey decreased to 13.8 percent in January 2020 from 14.7 percent in the same month of the previous year, as the number of unemployed fell by 306 thousand to 4.362 million. Meantime, employment rose by 109 thousand to 27.266 million, with job gains recorded in industry and services. The labour force participation rate went down to 51 percent from 52.2 percent a year earlier and the employment rate declined to 44 percent from 44.5 percent.
2020-04-10
Turkish Jobless Rate Rises to 13.7% in December
The unemployment rate in Turkey increased to 13.7 percent in December 2019 from 13.5 percent in the same month of the previous year, as the number of unemployed rose by 92 thousand to 4.394 million. Meantime, employment rose by 3 thousand to 27.658 million, with job gains recorded in industry and services. The labour force participation rate went down to 51.8 percent from 52.4 percent a year earlier and the employment rate declined to 44.7 percent from 45.4 percent.
2020-03-10

Turkey Unemployment Rate
In Turkey, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.