Turkey Labour Force Survey June 2007

The latest version of the Labour Force Survey is now out.

While non-institutional civilian population increased by 925 thousand persons and has reached to 73 million 492 thousand persons, non-institutional working age civilian population has increased by 837 thousand and has reached to 52 million 484 thousand persons in the period of June 2007.

Number of employed persons increased by 381 thousand persons compared to the same period of the previous year and has reached to 23 million 581 thousand persons in the period of June 2007. Agricultural employment decreased by 72 thousand persons and non-agricultural employment increased by 453 thousand persons in this period.

Number of unemployed persons increased by 40 thousand persons compared to the same period of the previous year and has reached to 2 million 285 thousand persons in Turkey. Unemployment rate was realized without any change as 8,8%. Unemployment rate declined to 11,1% with a 0,1 percentage points decrease in urban areas and realized without any change as 5,5 % in rural areas.


Non-agricultural unemployment rate is realized without any change as 11,5 % compared to the same period of the previous year in Turkey. The rate is also realized without any change as 10,3 % for male and 16,6 % with a 0,1 percentage points increase for female.

The ratio of persons who worked without any social security related to the main job declined to 48,6 % with 1,7 percentage points decrease. The share of persons who did not have any social security in agriculture decreased from 88,2 % to 88,1 % and that in non-agriculture decreased from 34,6 % to 32,8 % compared to the same period of the previous year.

Labour force participation rate (LFPR) realized without any change as 49,3 % compared to the same period of the previous year for Turkey in June 2007 period. LFPR was increased to 72,4 % with a 0,1 percentage points increase for male and realized without any change as 26,6 % for female. LFPR was 46 % with a 0,3 percentage point increase in urban areas and 55,1 % with a 0,3 percentage points decrease in rural areas in this period. As for the distribution of labour force by education and age group;

Here's a useful chart from Turkstat:


Sectoral distribution of employment, (In Thousand)