The unemployment rate fell by 0.5 points to 10.7% in February, compared to the previous month, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The number of unemployed people aged 15 and over dropped by 178,000 to 3.58 million in the same period. The unemployment rate was 9.3% for men and 13.4% for women, TurkStat said....
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Unemployment down by 1.1 points in 2021
The unemployment rate dropped by 1.1 points to 12.0% in 2021, compared to the previous year, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The number of unemployed people aged 15 and over declined by 121,000 to 3.91 million in the same period. The employment rate surged by 2.5 percentage points to 45.2%, or 28.79 million,...
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OECD area unemployment at 5.3% in January
The unemployment rate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) area remained unchanged at 5.3% in January, according to a statement from the institution. The figure saw the pre-pandemic level in February 2020 and reached the lowest level after 2001 when the data was started to be recorded. The number of unemployed people...
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Unemployment rate at 11.4% in January
The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 11.4% in January, as compared to December 2021, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The number of unemployed people aged 15 and over rose by 21,000 to 3.8 million month-over-month in January. The unemployment rate dropped by 0.2 percentage points to 46.5% or 29.9 million, in the same...
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Unemployment rate at 11.2% in December 2021
The unemployment in Turkey reached 11.2% in December 2021, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The reading was down 0.1 percentage point from November’s revised data, TurkStat said in a statement. The number of unemployed age 15 and over rose by 2,000 month-on-month in December 2021 to 3.8 million. During the same period, employment...
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Unemployment remained steady in November
The unemployment remained unchanged at 11.2% in November, according to data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The number of unemployed aged 15 and over increased by 39,000 in November 2021 compared to the previous month, reaching 3,777,000 people. The non-agricultural unemployment rate is 13.1%. The number of employed people increased by 228,000 in month...