Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) in Turkey
Turkey: Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) was 673.86 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Informal care employment in Turkey, 2012–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, informal care employment in Turkey stood at 673.86.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and up 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal care employment in Turkey peaked at 768.01 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 319.32, in 2012.
Turkey ranks 13th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 319.32 | — |
| 2013 | 345.21 | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 420.55 | +21.8% |
| 2015 | 444.31 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 497.34 | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 543.08 | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 616.78 | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 635.76 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 533.2 | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 527.92 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 702.37 | +33.0% |
| 2023 | 749.5 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 768.01 | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 673.86 | -12.3% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 673.86 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 281.51, 2.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 673.86 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 34.1, 19.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 477.79 | 319.32 | 635.76 | 8 |
| 2020s | 659.14 | 527.92 | 768.01 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More work & labour data for Turkey
- 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 informal care employment in Turkey?
- Informal care employment in Turkey was 673.86 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal care employment recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 768.01 in 2024.
- What is the lowest informal care employment recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 319.32 in 2012.
- How does Turkey rank for informal care employment?
- Turkey ranks 13th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is informal care employment rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. This harmonized series for informal employment is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.