Economy

Türkiye's unemployment rate ticks down to 8.5% in December

Number of jobless aged 15 and over decreases 39,000 from month prior to 3.03M, official data shows

Tuba Ongun  | 10.02.2025 - Update : 10.02.2025
Türkiye's unemployment rate ticks down to 8.5% in December

ANKARA

Türkiye's unemployment rate ticked down by 0.1 percentage point to 8.5% in December, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Monday.

The number of jobless aged 15 and over fell 39,000 from the previous month to 3.03 million as of December.

The unemployment rate for men remained stable at 6.9%, while it dropped to 11.4% from 11.7% for women.

Labor force participation came in at 54.1% in December, a slight decline of 0.1 percentage points from a month ago.

The employment rate edged down by 0.1 percentage points to 49.5%, meaning 32.7 million people.

Youth unemployment, defined as those aged 15-24, rose 0.5 percentage points to 16.3%. The rate was 13.1% for males and 22.1% for females in December, compared to 12.1% and 22.6% in November 2024.

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