Unemployment rate: Turkey
8.52% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.52 |
| 2024 | 8.8 |
| 2023 | 9.388 |
| 2022 | 10.465 |
| 2021 | 11.969 |
| 2020 | 13.148 |
| 2019 | 13.73 |
| 2018 | 10.956 |
| 2017 | 10.919 |
| 2016 | 10.899 |
| 2015 | 10.304 |
| 2014 | 9.901 |
| 2013 | 9.713 |
| 2012 | 9.21 |
| 2011 | 9.789 |
| 2010 | 11.879 |
| 2009 | 14.026 |
| 2008 | 10.965 |
| 2007 | 10.285 |
| 2006 | 10.227 |
| 2005 | 10.636 |
| 2004 | 10.838 |
| 2003 | 10.542 |
| 2002 | 10.358 |
| 2001 | 8.381 |
| 2000 | 6.495 |
| 1999 | 7.687 |
| 1998 | 6.888 |
| 1997 | 6.841 |
| 1996 | 6.629 |
| 1995 | 7.644 |
| 1994 | 8.577 |
| 1993 | 8.962 |
| 1992 | 8.509 |
| 1991 | 8.21 |