Unemployment - Turkey
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Turkey is 9.20 (%) with a global rank of 79.
Turkey compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Turkey is similar to that of Latvia, Colombia, Belarus, Morocco, Greenland, Kenya, Libya, Lebanon, India, Belgium with a respective Unemployment of 9.80, 9.70, 9.70, 9.50, 9.40, 9.20, 8.90, 8.90, 8.80, 8.80 (%) and a global rank of 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84.Last 10 years averageTurkey had an average Unemployment of 10.8 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Turkey during the Great RecessionTurkey's Unemployment had a positive growth of 38.2% during the Great RecessionTurkey since the end of the Great RecessionTurkey's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 34.8% since the end of the Great Recession
Turkey compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Turkey is similar to that of Latvia, Colombia, Belarus, Morocco, Greenland, Kenya, Libya, Lebanon, India, Belgium with a respective Unemployment of 9.80, 9.70, 9.70, 9.50, 9.40, 9.20, 8.90, 8.90, 8.80, 8.80 (%) and a global rank of 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84.Last 10 years averageTurkey had an average Unemployment of 10.8 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Turkey during the Great RecessionTurkey's Unemployment had a positive growth of 38.2% during the Great RecessionTurkey since the end of the Great RecessionTurkey's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 34.8% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 8.20 |
1992 | 8.50 |
1993 | 9.00 |
1994 | 8.60 |
1995 | 7.60 |
1996 | 6.60 |
1997 | 6.80 |
1998 | 6.90 |
1999 | 7.70 |
2000 | 6.50 |
2001 | 8.40 |
2002 | 10.40 |
2003 | 10.50 |
2004 | 10.80 |
2005 | 10.60 |
2006 | 10.20 |
2007 | 9.90 |
2008 | 11.00 |
2009 | 14.10 |
2010 | 11.90 |
2011 | 9.80 |
2012 | 9.20 |
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Latvia | 74 | 9.80 |
Colombia | 75 | 9.70 |
Belarus | 76 | 9.70 |
Morocco | 77 | 9.50 |
Greenland | 78 | 9.40 |
Turkey | 79 | 9.20 |
Kenya | 80 | 9.20 |
Libya | 81 | 8.90 |
Lebanon | 82 | 8.90 |
India | 83 | 8.80 |
Belgium | 84 | 8.80 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators