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Unemployment rate in Turkey

How hard is it to have a job there?

Turkey's unemployment rate is 8.52 % — #96 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

8.52%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Turkey over time

14.03 %10.26 %6.50 %14.03 % · 20096.50 % · 20002000: 6.50 %2001: 8.38 %2002: 10.36 %2003: 10.54 %2004: 10.84 %2005: 10.64 %2006: 10.23 %2007: 10.29 %2008: 10.96 %2009: 14.03 %2010: 11.88 %2011: 9.79 %2012: 9.21 %2013: 9.71 %2014: 9.90 %2015: 10.30 %2016: 10.90 %2017: 10.92 %2018: 10.96 %2019: 13.73 %2020: 13.15 %2021: 11.97 %2022: 10.46 %2023: 9.39 %2024: 8.80 %2025: 8.52 %2000201220258.52 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#96 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
23 %
28 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.28 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.51 pp
peak 14.03 % in 2009
Full series
▲ 2.02 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #30 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +3.26 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Turkey: ahead of 23 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentTurkey 8.52 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Turkey is ahead of 23 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Turkey
94 Estonia8.31 %−0.21 pp
95 Panama8.36 %−0.16 pp
96 Turkey8.52 %—
97 Greece8.54 %+0.02 pp
98 Sweden8.69 %+0.17 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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