Unemployment fell to a single figure two years later

Institute of Statistics Turkey (TSI) announced the April term unemployment.

The number of these children over 15 years and unemployed in Turkey in April 2018 decreased by 201 thousand people compared to the same period last year was 3 million 86 thousand people. The unemployment rate was 9.6%, with a decrease of 0.9 percentage points. In the same period; the non-agricultural unemployment rate was estimated at 11.4% with a drop of one point. The youth unemployment rate (15-24 years) was 16.9%, with a decrease of 2.9 percentage points and 9.8% among 15-64 year olds, with a decrease of 0.9 percentage points percentage. ] Employment rate 47.9%

The number of people in employment increased by 852 thousand people in the same period of the previous year and reached 29 million 9000 people, and the rate of employment increased by 0.7 point to 47.9% in April 2018. [19659002] During this period, while the number of people working in agriculture decreased by 15 000 people, the number of people working in non-agricultural sectors has increased by 868,000. 18.3% of those employed were employed in agriculture, 19.5% in industry, 7.4% in construction and 54.8% in the service sector. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the share of the agricultural sector in the workforce fell by 0.6 point while the share of the construction sector decreased by 0.4 point while the share of the sector industrial sector increased by 0.4 point and the tertiary sector share increased by 0.5 percentage points. 53

The labor force increased from 651,000 people during the period of April 2018 to 32 million 95,000 people and the participation rate in the labor force increased by 0.3 point to 53%. According to the comparison made for the same periods;

The proportion of informal workers was 33.3%

in April 2018, while the participation rate for men was 72.4%, with an increase of 0.1 percentage points and 34% for men. women by 0.6 percentage points. the headcount ratio decreased by 0.6 points compared to the same period of the previous year and stood at 33.3%. The rate of informal workers in the non-farm sector decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 22.4% over the same period of the previous year

Seasonally adjusted employment declined, the Unemployment rose

Seasonally adjusted employment was 34,000 people to 28 million 818 thousand people. The employment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point to 47.6%.

The number of unemployed with no seasonal effect increased by 103,000 people to reach 3 million 291 thousand people in the previous business figure. The unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 10.3%.