Turkey Unemployment Rises to 8.4% in September

Turkey’s unemployment rate rose by 0.5 points to 8.4% in September compared with the previous month, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The number of unemployed people aged 15 and over increased by 198,000 from the previous month to 2,967,000. Compared with the same month last year, the unemployment rate fell by 0.1 points.

By gender, the unemployment rate was estimated at 6.9% for men and 11.3% for women. Youth unemployment, covering people aged 15 to 24, rose by 1.6 points from the previous month to 14.8%. Among young people, the rate was 10.4% for men and 23.3% for women.

The seasonally adjusted employment rate fell by 0.1 points to 48.3%, while the number of employed people dropped by 49,000 to 32,445,000. The labour force grew by 149,000 to 35,412,000, and the labour force participation rate rose by 0.1 points to 52.7%. The average actual weekly working time fell by 0.1 hours to 42.4 hours.