Iraq vs Turkey: Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Iraq
4.5%
in 2025
Turkey
4.6%
in 2025
Iraq rank
50th
Turkey rank
48th
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) over time
- Iraq
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in Iraq, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Turkey ahead.
Iraq ranks 50th and Turkey ranks 48th of 187 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | 5.1% | 2.5% | Turkey |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 5.4% | 4.1% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 4.7% | 2.2% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.6% | 0.1% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employers, total (% of total employment), Iraq or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 4.6% against 4.5% in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employers, total (% of total employment) between Iraq and Turkey?
- 0.1%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Turkey?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Iraq and Turkey rank globally for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Iraq ranks 50th and Turkey ranks 48th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).