Türkiye's unemployment rate hit 6-month low in April

Number of jobless aged 15 and over falls by 18,000 from month earlier to 3.04M

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's unemployment rate slightly decreased by 0.1 percentage points from a month earlier to hit 8.5% in April, its lowest level since October 2023, according to data released on Monday.

The number of jobless shaved 18,000 month-on-month to 3.04 million as of April, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data showed.

The unemployment rate was 7.2% for men and 11.1% for women in April.

While the labor force participation rate was stable at 54.2 % compared to March, the employment rate came in at 49.5%, or 32.6 million people, as of this April.

The youth unemployment rate -- aged 15-24 -- dropped by 0.1 percentage points to 14.5% in the month. The rate was 12.2% for men and 19.1% for women.

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