Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — Türkiye

Male unemployment in Türkiye in 2025 — 6.88%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.79 pp.

2025 6.88% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 182
Period maximum 13.92%2009
Period minimum 6.48%1997

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — Türkiye, 1991–20256810121419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 8.67%1992: 8.81%1993: 8.83%1994: 8.77%1995: 7.77%1996: 6.89%1997: 6.48%1998: 6.92%1999: 7.73%2000: 6.58%2001: 8.72%2002: 10.71%2003: 10.71%2004: 10.79%2005: 10.45%2006: 9.93%2007: 10.05%2008: 10.74%2009: 13.92%2010: 11.44%2011: 9.18%2012: 8.55%2013: 8.75%2014: 9.04%2015: 9.26%2016: 9.6%2017: 9.43%2018: 9.56%2019: 12.39%2020: 12.31%2021: 10.67%2022: 8.97%2023: 7.69%2024: 7.18%2025: 6.88%
Change over the period: −1.79 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Türkiye

Türkiye 6.88%
World 4.69%
Western Asia computed 6.97%
Male unemployment — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.88 −0.3 pp
2024 7.18 −0.51 pp
2023 7.69 −1.28 pp
2022 8.97 −1.7 pp
2021 10.67 −1.64 pp
2020 12.31 −0.08 pp
2019 12.39 +2.83 pp
2018 9.56 +0.13 pp
2017 9.43 −0.17 pp
2016 9.6 +0.35 pp
2015 9.26 +0.21 pp
2014 9.04 +0.29 pp
2013 8.75 +0.21 pp
2012 8.55 −0.63 pp
2011 9.18 −2.26 pp
2010 11.44 −2.48 pp
2009 13.92 +3.18 pp
2008 10.74 +0.69 pp
2007 10.05 +0.12 pp
2006 9.93 −0.53 pp
2005 10.45 −0.34 pp
2004 10.79 +0.08 pp
2003 10.71 −0 pp
2002 10.71 +1.99 pp
2001 8.72 +2.15 pp
2000 6.58 −1.15 pp
1999 7.73 +0.81 pp
1998 6.92 +0.44 pp
1997 6.48 −0.41 pp
1996 6.89 −0.88 pp
1995 7.77 −1 pp
1994 8.77 −0.05 pp
1993 8.83 +0.02 pp
1992 8.81 +0.14 pp
1991 8.67

About the indicator

The share of the male labor force that is unemployed. The gap between the sexes shows up only when this series is compared with the female one, and it is not universal — in Southern Europe and Latin America female unemployment is markedly higher, while in a number of countries of Eastern Europe and Africa male unemployment is higher, because men work in industries sensitive to a downturn.

Important: The denominator is the male labor force, not the whole male population: men who neither work nor look for work are not in it.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.