Turkey Unemployment Rate

The Turkish unemployment rate increased to 11.1 percent in August of 2018 from 10.6 percent in the same month of the previous year, as the number of unemployed went up 266 thousand to 3.67 million and employment rose 490 thousand to 29.32 million. The labour force participation rate went up to 54.3 percent in August from 53.7 percent a year ago. Unemployment Rate in Turkey averaged 10.07 percent from 2005 until 2018, 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.

Unemployment Rate in Turkey is expected to be 11.50 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 12.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Turkey Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 11.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-08-15	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	9.7%	9.6%	9.5%
2018-09-17	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.2%	9.7%	9.1%
2018-10-15	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	10.8%	10.2%	10.7%
2018-11-15	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	11.1%	10.8%	11%
2018-12-17	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		11.1%	11.1%
2019-01-15	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate
2019-02-15	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate

Turkish Jobless Rate Rises to 11.1% in August

The Turkish unemployment rate increased to 11.1 percent in August of 2018 from 10.6 percent in the same month of the previous year.

The number of unemployed went up 266 thousand from a year earlier to 3.67 million in August, and employment rose 490 thousand to 29.32 million. The non-farm sector added 745 thousand jobs, namely in industry and services while the number of construction workers declined, and the farm sector lost 256 thousand jobs. Meanwhile, the number of people detached from the labour force decreased 24 thousand to 27.75 million. The participation rate went up to 54.3 percent in August from 53.7 percent a year ago, and the employment rate advanced to 48.3 percent from 48 percent.

The non-agricultural jobless rate inched up to 13.2 percent in August from 12.8 percent in the previous year.

Youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, edged up to 20.8 percent from 20.6 percent in the same month a year ago.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate rose to 11.2 percent in August from 11.0 percent in July.

Turkish Statistical Institute | Chusnul Ch Manan | chusnul@tradingeconomics.com
11/15/2018 12:49:36 PM

Recent Releases

Turkish Jobless Rate Rises to 10.8% in July
The Turkish unemployment rate increased to 10.8 percent in July of 2018 from 10.7 percent in the same month of the previous year.
Published on 2018-10-15

Turkish Jobless Rate Holds Steady at 10.2% in June
The Turkish unemployment rate came in at 10.2 percent in June 2018, unchanged from the previous year's figure.
Published on 2018-09-17

Turkish Jobless Rate Drops to 9.7%
The Turkish unemployment rate in Turkey fell to 9.7 percent in May 2018 from 10.2 percent in the corresponding month a year earlier.
Published on 2018-08-15

Turkish Jobless Rate Drops Below 10% for 1st Time in 2 Years
The unemployment rate in Turkey fell to 9.6 percent in April 2018 from 10.7 percent in the corresponding month a year earlier. It was the lowest rate since May 2016.
Published on 2018-07-16

Turkey Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	11.10	10.80	14.80	7.30	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	29318.00	29265.00	29318.00	18493.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3670.00	3531.00	3985.00	1773.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	53.50	53.20	53.50	43.90	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.30	2.30	3.20	1.60	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	20.80	19.90	28.60	11.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	166.66	153.67	166.66	56.26	Index Points	[+]
Wages	2207.00	1512.00	2207.00	1103.00	TRY/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	162.01	155.68	162.01	25.97	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	2029.50	2029.50	2029.50	1.50	TRY/Month	[+]
Population	80.81	79.81	80.81	28.23	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	58.00	58.00	58.00	58.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1380.00	1380.00	1380.00	1380.00	TRY/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2830.00	2830.00	2830.00	2830.00	TRY/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	2946.30	3084.10	3084.10	1309.60	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	3190.00	3070.00	3190.00	2970.00	TRY/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1930.00	1820.00	1930.00	1750.00	TRY/Month	[+]
Full Time Employment	25328.80	24245.70	25530.40	16911.50	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	47.60	47.40	47.90	38.90	percent	[+]

In Turkey, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. 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 - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	11.10	10.80	14.80	7.30	2005 - 2018	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.50	Sep/18	27.2	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.55	Sep/18	15.28	26.94 : 4.41	%
Brazil	11.70	Oct/18	11.9	13.7 : 6.2	%
Turkey	11.10	Aug/18	10.8	14.8 : 7.3	%
Italy	10.60	Oct/18	10.3	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	9.10	Sep/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	8.10	Oct/18	8.1	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Jun/18	6.1	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.60	Nov/18	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	5.00	Oct/18	5	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.70	Oct/18	4.5	14.1 : 4.5	%
United Kingdom	4.10	Oct/18	4.1	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.82	Sep/18	3.83	4.3 : 3.82	%
South Korea	3.80	Nov/18	3.9	7.1 : 3	%
Netherlands	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	7.9 : 3.6	%
United States	3.70	Nov/18	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3 : 3.41	%
Germany	3.30	Oct/18	3.4	11.5 : 0.4	%
Mexico	3.20	Oct/18	3.6	6.42 : 2.22	%
Switzerland	2.50	Nov/18	2.4	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.40	Oct/18	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.10	Sep/18	2	6 : 1.4	%