Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) in Turkey
Turkey: Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) was 19.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Turkey, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 19.2% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Turkey peaked at 46.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.6%, in 2017.
That places Turkey 11th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46.2% | — |
| 2004 | 19.0% | -59.0% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 19.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 19.9% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 17.8% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 19.0% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 18.6% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 18.1% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 18.9% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 20.0% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | -2.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 19.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.6%, 1.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 19.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.3%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Manufacturing employment: 13th ICLS (%) in Turkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -59.0% | 46.2% | 19.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.2% | 18.2% | 46.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 17.6% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 18.9% | 20.0% | 5 |
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 manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Turkey?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in Turkey was 19.2% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6% in 2017.
- How does Turkey rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- Turkey ranks 11th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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