Türkiye's unemployment rate drops to 8.5% in December

The number of jobless aged 15 and over fell 39,000 from the previous month to 3.03 million as of December.

The unemployment rate for men remained stable at 6.9%, while it dropped to 11.4% from 11.7% for women.

Labor force participation came in at 54.1% in December, a slight decline of 0.1 percentage points from a month ago.

The employment rate edged down by 0.1 percentage points to 49.5%, meaning 32.7 million people.

Youth unemployment, defined as those aged 15-24, rose 0.5 percentage points to 16.3%. The rate was 13.1% for males and 22.1% for females in December, compared to 12.1% and 22.6% in November 2024.

Earlier, it was reported that Türkiye’s population in 2024 grew by 292,567 from a year earlier to 85.66 million.