Informal employment rate in STEM occupations in Türkiye
Türkiye: Informal employment rate in STEM occupations was 3.35 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Informal employment rate in STEM occupations in Türkiye, 2012–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, informal employment rate in stem occupations in Türkiye stood at 3.35.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment rate in stem occupations in Türkiye peaked at 5.07 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.7, in 2023.
Türkiye ranks 35th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Informal employment rate in STEM occupations in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.35 | — |
| 2013 | 3.3 | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 3.54 | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 3.81 | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 3.69 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 4.33 | +17.5% |
| 2018 | 4.5 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 5.07 | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 4.4 | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 3.06 | -30.5% |
| 2022 | 2.92 | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 2.7 | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 3.37 | +25.0% |
| 2025 | 3.35 | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.07 | 3.3 | 5.07 | 8 |
| 2020s | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 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 informal employment rate in stem occupations in Türkiye?
- Informal employment rate in stem occupations in Türkiye was 3.35 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment rate in stem occupations recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 5.07 in 2019.
- What is the lowest informal employment rate in stem occupations recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7 in 2023.
- How does Türkiye rank for informal employment rate in stem occupations?
- Türkiye ranks 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2025.
- Is informal employment rate in stem occupations rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal employment rate in STEM occupations (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. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.