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Turkiye unemployment steady at 8.5% in Q3 2025
The Household Labour Force Survey revealed the number of unemployed persons aged 15 and over decreased by 26,000 quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 3.01 million persons in Q3 2025.
Turkiye’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 8.5 per cent in Q3 2025, displaying no change compared to Q2, official statistics show.
It was estimated at 7 per cent for men and 11.2 per cent for women.
The seasonally-adjusted employment rate was 49 per cent without any change from the previous quarter.
It was 66.2 per cent for men and 32.1 per cent for women.
The seasonally-adjusted employment rate was 49 per cent without any change from the previous quarter. It was 66.2 per cent for men and 32.1 per cent for women.
The number of employed persons in Q3 2025 rose by 65,000 QoQ to 32.558 million.
The number of persons in the labour force increased by 39,000 to 35.568 million in Q3 2025 and the seasonally-adjusted labour force participation rate (LFPR) was 53.5 per cent, with a 0.1-percentage point (pp) decrease. The LFPR Labour was an estimated 71.2 per cent for men and 36.2 per cent for women, a Turkstat release said.
The youth unemployment rate in the country in the 15-24 age group was 15.3 per cent, with a 0.5-pp decrease QoQ. Unemployment rate in this age group was estimated at 11.7 per cent for men and 21.8 per cent for women.
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