Türkiye's unemployment rate falls to 8.4% in May
Figure down 0.2 percentage points month-on-month
By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - The unemployment rate in Türkiye was 8.4% in May, down 0.2 percentage points from April, official figures showed on Monday.
The number of unemployed persons – aged 15 years old and over – decreased by 69,000 to 2.97 million month-on-month, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.
The unemployment was estimated at 6.5% for men and 11.9% for women.
Youth unemployment rate, meanwhile, was 15.4% last month.
The number of employed persons in the country was 32.5 million in May.
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