Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment in Türkiye

Türkiye: Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment was 32.46 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
32.46 million
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
2nd
of 8 countries
All-time high
32.46 million
in 2025
All-time low
10.57 million
in 1960
Years of data
66
1960–2025

Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment in Türkiye, 1960–2025

10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M30.0M196019922025

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Analysis

In 2025, economic outlook no 114 — total employment in Türkiye stood at 32.46 million. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, economic outlook no 114 — total employment in Türkiye peaked at 32.46 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.57 million, in 1960.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment (labour force survey basis) in Türkiye, 1960 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1960 10.57 million
1961 10.69 million +1.2%
1962 10.67 million -0.2%
1963 10.83 million +1.5%
1964 10.97 million +1.3%
1965 11.07 million +0.9%
1966 11.20 million +1.2%
1967 11.22 million +0.2%
1968 11.27 million +0.4%
1969 11.30 million +0.2%
1970 11.67 million +3.3%
1971 11.87 million +1.7%
1972 12.20 million +2.8%
1973 12.43 million +1.9%
1974 12.75 million +2.6%
1975 12.90 million +1.2%
1976 13.08 million +1.4%
1977 13.49 million +3.2%
1978 13.67 million +1.3%
1979 13.87 million +1.5%
1980 14.04 million +1.2%
1981 14.16 million +0.8%
1982 14.31 million +1.0%
1983 14.45 million +1.0%
1984 14.66 million +1.5%
1985 14.91 million +1.7%
1986 15.18 million +1.8%
1987 15.52 million +2.2%
1988 15.75 million +1.5%
1989 16.15 million +2.6%
1990 16.42 million +1.7%
1991 17.07 million +3.9%
1992 17.22 million +0.9%
1993 16.39 million -4.8%
1994 17.69 million +7.9%
1995 18.19 million +2.8%
1996 18.71 million +2.9%
1997 18.72 million +0.1%
1998 19.22 million +2.6%
1999 19.45 million +1.2%
2000 19.05 million -2.1%
2001 19.04 million -0.0%
2002 18.98 million -0.3%
2003 18.83 million -0.8%
2004 19.19 million +1.9%
2005 19.49 million +1.6%
2006 19.83 million +1.7%
2007 20.12 million +1.5%
2008 20.47 million +1.7%
2009 20.53 million +0.3%
2010 21.75 million +6.0%
2011 23.09 million +6.1%
2012 23.82 million +3.1%
2013 24.51 million +2.9%
2014 25.76 million +5.1%
2015 26.53 million +3.0%
2016 27.13 million +2.2%
2017 28.06 million +3.4%
2018 28.67 million +2.2%
2019 28.04 million -2.2%
2020 26.71 million -4.7%
2021 28.77 million +7.7%
2022 30.71 million +6.7%
2023 31.62 million +3.0%
2024 31.98 million +1.1%
2025 32.46 million +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10.98 million 10.57 million 11.30 million 10
1970s 12.79 million 11.67 million 13.87 million 10
1980s 14.91 million 14.04 million 16.15 million 10
1990s 17.91 million 16.39 million 19.45 million 10
2000s 19.55 million 18.83 million 20.53 million 10
2010s 25.74 million 21.75 million 28.67 million 10
2020s 30.38 million 26.71 million 32.46 million 6

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 1 OECD 665.10 million compare
  2. 2 United States of America 162.60 million compare
  3. 3 Poland 16.91 million compare
  4. 3 Brazil 101.77 million compare
  5. 3 Croatia 1.78 million compare
  6. 4 Netherlands 9.78 million compare
  7. 4 Japan 67.36 million compare
  8. 5 Lithuania 1.47 million compare
  9. 5 Mexico 61.86 million compare

See the full ranking of 46 places →

More economy & growth data for Türkiye

All data for Türkiye →

Frequently asked questions

What is economic outlook no 114 — total employment in Türkiye?
Economic outlook no 114 — total employment in Türkiye was 32.46 million in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest economic outlook no 114 — total employment recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 32.46 million in 2025.
What is the lowest economic outlook no 114 — total employment recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 10.57 million in 1960.
How does Türkiye rank for economic outlook no 114 — total employment?
Türkiye ranks 2nd out of 8 countries with data for 2025.
Is economic outlook no 114 — total employment rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment (labour force survey basis). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment in Türkiye. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/economic-outlook-no-114-total-employment-labour-force-survey-basis/turkiye-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/economic-outlook-no-114-total-employment-labour-force-survey-basis/turkiye-2/">Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment in Türkiye</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Economic Outlook No 114 — Total employment (labour force survey basis)
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,067 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. EO114 Database inventory EO114 Last historical points OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact: eco.outlook@oecd.org