Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Turkey
Turkey: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 24.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Turkey, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, total in Turkey is 24.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Turkey peaked at 24.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2005.
That places Turkey 66th out of 115 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.3% | — |
| 2001 | 14.9% | -22.4% |
| 2002 | 15.5% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 12.1% | -19.4% |
| 2006 | 12.2% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | +26.7% |
| 2008 | 13.3% | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 15.4% | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 18.9% | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 19.6% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 15.7% | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 21.6% | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 18.6% | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 18.7% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 21.7% | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 19.2% | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 17.8% | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 21.6% | +19.1% |
| 2025 | 24.4% | +13.3% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 24.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.8%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 24.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.1%, 81% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.7% | 12.1% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 15.7% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 17.8% | 24.4% | 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, total in Turkey?
- Part time employment, total in Turkey was 24.4% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 24.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for part time employment, total?
- Turkey ranks 66th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. 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, total (% of total 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.