Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Türkiye

Türkiye: Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment was 23,366 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
23,366 Persons
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
1st
of 7 countries
All-time high
23,366 Persons
in 2025
All-time low
1,578 Persons
in 1955
Years of data
41
1955–2025

Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Türkiye, 1955–2025

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k1955199020251955: 1.6k Persons1960: 11.8k Persons1961: 12.0k Persons1988: 7.2k Persons1989: 7.0k Persons1990: 7.2k Persons1991: 7.3k Persons1992: 7.7k Persons1993: 7.8k Persons1994: 8.2k Persons1995: 8.6k Persons1996: 9.1k Persons1997: 9.5k Persons1998: 9.7k Persons1999: 9.9k Persons2000: 10.4k Persons2001: 10.1k Persons2002: 10.6k Persons2003: 10.7k Persons2004: 11.0k Persons2005: 11.4k Persons2006: 12.0k Persons2007: 12.5k Persons2008: 12.9k Persons2009: 12.8k Persons2010: 13.8k Persons2011: 14.9k Persons2012: 15.6k Persons2013: 16.3k Persons2014: 17.1k Persons2015: 17.9k Persons2016: 18.4k Persons2017: 19.0k Persons2018: 19.5k Persons2019: 19.2k Persons2020: 18.7k Persons2021: 20.1k Persons2022: 21.7k Persons2023: 22.5k Persons2024: 23.2k Persons2025: 23.4k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Türkiye is 23,366 Persons, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Türkiye peaked at 23,366 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,578 Persons, in 1955.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.

Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment in Türkiye, 1955 to 2025.
Year Persons Change
1955 1,578 Persons
1960 11,833 Persons +649.9%
1961 11,974 Persons +1.2%
1988 7,170 Persons -40.1%
1989 7,015 Persons -2.2%
1990 7,223 Persons +3.0%
1991 7,324 Persons +1.4%
1992 7,730 Persons +5.5%
1993 7,806 Persons +1.0%
1994 8,192 Persons +4.9%
1995 8,552 Persons +4.4%
1996 9,077 Persons +6.1%
1997 9,467 Persons +4.3%
1998 9,713 Persons +2.6%
1999 9,927 Persons +2.2%
2000 10,398 Persons +4.7%
2001 10,146 Persons -2.4%
2002 10,608 Persons +4.5%
2003 10,664 Persons +0.5%
2004 10,981 Persons +3.0%
2005 11,386 Persons +3.7%
2006 12,032 Persons +5.7%
2007 12,541 Persons +4.2%
2008 12,922 Persons +3.0%
2009 12,763 Persons -1.2%
2010 13,755 Persons +7.8%
2011 14,867 Persons +8.1%
2012 15,613 Persons +5.0%
2013 16,345 Persons +4.7%
2014 17,122 Persons +4.8%
2015 17,860 Persons +4.3%
2016 18,374 Persons +2.9%
2017 18,958 Persons +3.2%
2018 19,523 Persons +3.0%
2019 19,209 Persons -1.6%
2020 18,705 Persons -2.6%
2021 20,133 Persons +7.6%
2022 21,692 Persons +7.7%
2023 22,543 Persons +3.9%
2024 23,161 Persons +2.7%
2025 23,366 Persons +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 1,578 Persons 1,578 Persons 1,578 Persons 1
1960s 11,904 Persons 11,833 Persons 11,974 Persons 2
1980s 7,092 Persons 7,015 Persons 7,170 Persons 2
1990s 8,501 Persons 7,223 Persons 9,927 Persons 10
2000s 11,444 Persons 10,146 Persons 12,922 Persons 10
2010s 17,163 Persons 13,755 Persons 19,523 Persons 10
2020s 21,600 Persons 18,705 Persons 23,366 Persons 6

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 1 United States of America 151,352 Persons compare
  2. 2 Poland 13,946 Persons compare
  3. 2 Brazil 71,469 Persons compare
  4. 3 Netherlands 8,290 Persons compare
  5. 3 Russian Federation 65,833 Persons compare
  6. 3 Croatia 1,478 Persons compare
  7. 4 Japan 61,850 Persons compare
  8. 4 Lithuania 1,294 Persons compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Türkiye?
Number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment in Türkiye was 23,366 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 23,366 Persons in 2025.
What is the lowest number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 1,578 Persons in 1955.
How does Türkiye rank for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment?
Türkiye ranks 1st out of 7 countries with data for 2025.
Is number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
43 places, 2,002 data points, 1955–2025
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The dataflow "Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow shows the number of employees broken down by economic activities (ISIC Rev. 4). Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes. Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 2 are also available from 1970 to 2014 Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 3 are available from 1983 to 2023. Data for Canada are currently only available in ISIC Rev. 3