According to the statement, the number of unemployed persons aged 15 years old and over decreased by 369 thousand to 4 million 227 thousand persons in the period of July 2020 in Turkey compared with the same period of the previous year.

Non-agricultural unemployment rate occurred as 15.9% with 0.6 percentage point decrease.

Employment rate realized as 43.5%

The number of employed persons decreased by 1 million 254 thousand to 27 million 263 thousand persons in the period of July 2020 compared with the same period of the previous year. The employment rate occurred as 43.5% with 2.9 percentage point decrease.

In this period, the number of agricultural employments decreased by 361 thousand persons, industry decreased by 246 thousand persons and services decreased by 761 thousand persons while construction increased by 114 thousand persons. According to the distribution of employment by sector; 19.4% was employed in agriculture, 19.6% was employed in industry, 6.1% was employed in construction and 54.9% was employed in services.

Labor force participation rate realized as 50.3%

The number of persons in the labor force realized 31 million 491 thousand persons with 1 million 622 thousand persons decrease in the period of July 2020 compared with the same period of the previous year. Labor force participation rate was 50.3% with 3.5 percentage point decrease.

The rate of unregistered employment realized as 32.7%

The ratio of persons working without any social security relating to the main job occurred 32.7% with 3.3 percentage point decrease in the period of July 2020 compared with the same period of the previous year. The rate of unregistered employment realized as 20.1% with 3.1 percentage point decrease in the non-agricultural sector compared to the same period of the previous year.

For 15-64 age group, unemployment rate realized as 13.7% and employment rate realized as 48.3%

For the 15-64 age group, the unemployment rate occurred as 13.7% with 0.5 percentage point decrease and non-agricultural unemployment rate occurred as 16.0% with 0.6 percentage point decrease compared to the same period of the previous year. In this age group, employment rate occurred as 48.3% with 2.7 percentage point decrease and labor force participation rate occurred as 55.9% with 3.6 percentage point decrease.

Youth unemployment rate realized as 25.9%, employment rate realized as 30.4%

The youth unemployment rate between aged 15-24 years realized as 25.9% with 1.2 percentage point decrease and the youth employment rate realized as 30.4% with 4.5 percentage point decrease compared with the same period of the previous year. In the same period, labor force participation rate realized as 41.0% with 6.8 percentage point decrease. The rate of neither in employment nor in education realized as 29.8% with 0.4 percentage point increase compared with the same period of the previous year.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate realized as 13.6%, employment rate realized as 42.6%

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate realized as 13.6% with 0.5 percentage point decrease. The number of unemployed persons decreased by 75 thousand to 4 million 207 thousand persons.

Seasonally adjusted employment rate realized as 42.6% with 0.8 percentage point increase. The number of employed persons estimated as 26 million 648 thousand persons with 540 thousand persons increase compared with the same period of the previous year.

Seasonally adjusted labor force participation rate was 49.3% with 0.7 percentage point increase. The number of labor force estimated as 30 million 855 thousand persons with 464 thousand persons increase.

According to the seasonally adjusted number of employments by sectors, employment in agriculture decreased by 28 thousand persons while industry increased by 57 thousand persons, construction increased by 111 thousand persons and services increased by 399 thousand persons. (ILKHA)