Labour market - FUAs — Employment in İzmir
İzmir: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 1.18 million Persons in 2024. ▲ Rising
Labour market - FUAs — Employment in İzmir, 2006–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
İzmir recorded 1.18 million Persons for labour market - fuas — employment in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in İzmir peaked at 1.18 million Persons in 2024 and was at its lowest, 701,762 Persons, in 2006.
That places İzmir 58th out of 572 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Labour market - FUAs — Employment in İzmir, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 701,762 Persons | — |
| 2007 | 764,599 Persons | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 744,438 Persons | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 744,629 Persons | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 830,362 Persons | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 896,824 Persons | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 905,855 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 962,650 Persons | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 956,162 Persons | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 943,824 Persons | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 996,103 Persons | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million Persons | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million Persons | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.03 million Persons | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 948,085 Persons | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million Persons | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million Persons | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 1.12 million Persons | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.18 million Persons | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 738,857 Persons | 701,762 Persons | 764,599 Persons | 4 |
| 2010s | 960,354 Persons | 830,362 Persons | 1.06 million Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 million Persons | 948,085 Persons | 1.18 million Persons | 5 |
More work & labour data for İzmir
- Labour market - FUAs — Labour force 1.32 million Persons (2024)
- Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 2,086 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 1,864 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 1,864 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 3,520 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,864 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 58.1% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 65.0% (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 3,520 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 65.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour market - fuas — employment in İzmir?
- Labour market - fuas — employment in İzmir was 1.18 million Persons in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in İzmir?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million Persons in 2024.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in İzmir?
- The lowest recorded value was 701,762 Persons in 2006.
- How does İzmir rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
- İzmir ranks 58th out of 572 regions with data for 2024.
- Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in İzmir?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this İzmir data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate. Data sources and methodology When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution. When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), and then aggregated by FUA. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Labour market - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org