Turkey Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Turkey unemployment rate for 2022 was 10.43%, a 1.55% decline from 2021.
Turkey unemployment rate for 2021 was 11.98%, a 1.13% decline from 2020.
Turkey unemployment rate for 2020 was 13.11%, a 0.56% decline from 2019.
Turkey unemployment rate for 2019 was 13.67%, a 2.78% increase from 2018.

Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name	Unemployment Rate (%)
South Africa	28.84%
Botswana	23.62%
Gabon	20.61%
Namibia	19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.55%
Libya	19.30%
Jordan	19.19%
St. Lucia	15.77%
Iraq	15.32%
Montenegro	15.25%
North Macedonia	14.43%
Bosnia	12.66%
Algeria	12.49%
Guyana	12.30%
Lebanon	11.75%
Albania	11.63%
Costa Rica	11.32%
Colombia	10.55%
Turkey	10.43%
Samoa	10.04%
Brazil	9.23%
Iran	8.82%
Serbia	8.68%
Belize	8.67%
Armenia	8.59%
Equatorial Guinea	8.58%
Suriname	8.23%
Paraguay	6.75%
Mauritius	6.32%
Azerbaijan	5.65%
Venezuela	5.62%
Romania	5.61%
Dominican Republic	5.50%
Jamaica	5.50%
China	4.98%
Kazakhstan	4.86%
Fiji	4.56%
Maldives	4.39%
Bulgaria	4.27%
Turkmenistan	4.13%
Russia	3.87%
Peru	3.85%
Ecuador	3.76%
Malaysia	3.63%
Belarus	3.57%
Mexico	3.26%
Guatemala	3.05%
Tonga	2.43%
Cuba	1.25%
Thailand	0.94%
American Samoa	0.00%
Marshall Islands	0.00%
Nauru	0.00%
Dominica	0.00%
Grenada	0.00%
Tuvalu	0.00%

Turkey Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year	Unemployment Rate (%)	Annual Change
2022	10.43%	-1.55%
2021	11.98%	-1.13%
2020	13.11%	-0.56%
2019	13.67%	2.78%
2018	10.89%	0.07%
2017	10.82%	-0.02%
2016	10.84%	0.60%
2015	10.24%	0.36%
2014	9.88%	1.15%
2013	8.73%	0.58%
2012	8.15%	-0.65%
2011	8.80%	-1.86%
2010	10.66%	-1.89%
2009	12.55%	2.84%
2008	9.71%	0.84%
2007	8.87%	0.15%
2006	8.72%	-1.91%
2005	10.63%	-0.20%
2004	10.83%	0.28%
2003	10.55%	0.20%
2002	10.35%	1.98%
2001	8.37%	2.07%
2000	6.30%	-1.15%
1999	7.45%	0.90%
1998	6.55%	0.10%
1997	6.45%	0.19%
1996	6.26%	-0.98%
1995	7.24%	-0.91%
1994	8.15%	-0.10%
1993	8.25%	0.07%
1992	8.18%	0.07%
1991	8.11%	8.11%
1990	0.00%	0.00%
1989	0.00%	0.00%
1988	0.00%	0.00%
1987	0.00%	0.00%
1986	0.00%	0.00%
1985	0.00%	0.00%
1984	0.00%	0.00%
1983	0.00%	0.00%
1982	0.00%	0.00%
1981	0.00%	0.00%
1980	0.00%	0.00%
1979	0.00%	0.00%
1978	0.00%	0.00%
1977	0.00%	0.00%
1976	0.00%	0.00%
1975	0.00%	0.00%
1974	0.00%	0.00%
1973	0.00%	0.00%
1972	0.00%	0.00%
1971	0.00%	0.00%
1970	0.00%	0.00%
1969	0.00%	0.00%
1968	0.00%	0.00%
1967	0.00%	0.00%
1966	0.00%	0.00%
1965	0.00%	0.00%
1964	0.00%	0.00%
1963	0.00%	0.00%
1962	0.00%	0.00%
1961	0.00%	0.00%
1960	0.00%	0.00%