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Turkiye — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Turkiye, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
54.38%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -3.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Turkiye was 54.38% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 57.00% in 1991. The lowest was 46.23% in 2007 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.12% per year.
Turkiye ranks 142 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Turkiye sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
54.38%
First (1990)
56.61%
Change
-3.9%
Highest
57.00%
in 1991
Lowest
46.23%
in 2007
Average
51.33%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.12%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.38% |
| 2024 | 54.2% |
| 2023 | 53.31% |
| 2022 | 53.06% |
| 2021 | 51.36% |
| 2020 | 49.33% |
| 2019 | 52.95% |
| 2018 | 53.21% |
| 2017 | 52.83% |
| 2016 | 52% |
| 2015 | 51.3% |
| 2014 | 50.51% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.