According to the data of TURKSTAT's labor force statistics in March 2018, the unemployment rate became 10.1 percent.

The number of unemployed of those over 15 in Turkiye decreased by 432,000 persons compared to the same period last year, in March 2018, became 3,210,000 thousand people. The unemployment rate was realized as 10.1 percent with a decrease of 1.6 percentage points. In the same period; the non-agricultural unemployment rate was estimated at 11.9 percent with a 1.8 percentage point decrease. The unemployment rate in the young population [15-24 years] was 17.7 percent with a decrease of 3.7 percentage points. In the 15-64 age group, the rate was realized as 10.3 percent with a decrease of 1.7 points.  

In March 2018, employment increased by 1,010,000 persons compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 28,499,000 persons, while the employment rate increased by 1 percentage point to 47.1 percent.

In this period, while the number of people working in agriculture decreased by 27,000 people, the number of people working in agriculture increased by 1,380,000 people. 17.7 percent of the employed persons were in agriculture, 19.7 percent in industry, 7.3 percent in construction and 55.3 percent in the services sector. Compared to the same period of the previous year, while the share of the agricultural sector in the employment decreased by 0.8 points, the share of the industrial sector increased by 0.3 points and the share of the service sector increased by 0.5 points. The share of the construction sector did not change. (ILKHA)