Employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye
Türkiye: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 1.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 1.7% for employers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye peaked at 1.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1993.
That places Türkiye 107th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.8% | — |
| 1992 | 0.8% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +48.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -29.2% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +34.5% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 1.7% | +1.4% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 1.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 79% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 1.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.0%, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +48.1% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More work & labour data for Türkiye
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Türkiye was 1.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1993.
- How does Türkiye rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Türkiye ranks 107th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).