Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Turkey
Turkey: Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) was 20.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Turkey, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 20.6% for part time employment, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Turkey peaked at 20.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2006.
Turkey ranks 62nd of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.2% | — |
| 2001 | 10.2% | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | -24.8% |
| 2006 | 7.7% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | +38.6% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | -22.0% |
| 2009 | 9.7% | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | +36.9% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -28.9% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | +30.5% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +25.9% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 15.8% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 16.3% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | +25.8% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 14.1% | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 14.8% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | +21.8% |
| 2025 | 20.6% | +14.8% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 20.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.2%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 20.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.2%, 85% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 7.7% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 9.9% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.9% | 14.1% | 20.6% | 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 part time employment, male in Turkey?
- Part time employment, male in Turkey was 20.6% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, male recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2006.
- How does Turkey rank for part time employment, male?
- Turkey ranks 62nd out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, male (% of total male employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.