Youth in Statistics, 2018
Young population constituted 15.8% of Turkey’s population
According to the results of Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS), while the total population of Turkey was 82 million 3 thousand and 882 by the end of 2018, the young population at the age group of 15-24 was 12 million 971 thousand and 396. Young population constituted 15.8% of total population. While male population constituted 51.2% of young population, female population constituted 48.8% of it.According to population projections; it was foreseen that the young population will be 13.4% of total population in 2040, 11.8% in 2060 and 11.1% in 2080.
The province with the highest proportion of young population was Hakkari
According to the results of ABPRS, Hakkari had the highest proportion of young population with 25.4% in 2018. This province was followed by Şırnak with 23.5% and Siirt with 22.7%. The provinces with the lowest proportion of young population were Muğla with 12.8%, Balıkesir with 13%, İzmir with 13.5% respectively.
The first 5 provinces with the highest and the lowest proportion of young
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Net schooling ratio in higher education for females increased to 47.4%
In Turkey, while net schooling ratio in higher education in 2016/’17 educational year was 41.7%, this ratio increased to 45.6% in 2017/’18 educational year. When net schooling ratio in higher education was analyzed by sex, while this ratio for males increased from 39.6% to 44%, for females it increased from 43.9% to 47.4%.
Unemployment rate was 20.3% for young people
According to the results of household labour force survey, while unemployment rate was 20.8% for young people in 2017, it was realized as 20.3% in 2018. This rate was 17.6% for young males with 0.2 point decrease and 25.3% for young females with 0.8 point decrease with respect to previous year.The proportion of young people who took part in neither education nor employment in 2018 was 24.5%. While this proportion was 15.6% for young males, it was 33.6% for young females.
53.3% of employed young people took part in service sector
According to household labour force survey; when employment rate of young people was analyzed with respect to previous year, young employment rate was 35% in 2018 with 0.7 point increase. When employment rate was analyzed by sex, this rate for young males was 46.4% with 1 point increase, and 23.4% for young females with 0.4 point increase.While young employment was analyzed by sectors, it was seen that 16.6% of young people were employed in agriculture sector, 30% in industrial sector and 53.3% of them were employed in service sector. It was also seen that while 14.1% of young males took part in agriculture sector, 36% in industrial sector and 49.9% of them were employed in service sector, 21.8% of females took part in agriculture sector, 17.9% in industrial sector and 60.4% of them were employed in service sector.
Deaths due to external causes of injury and poisoning was higher in young people
According to the results of causes of death statistics, when the causes of death of the individuals aged 15 and over was analysed; it was seen that the circulatory system diseases constituted 40.2% of deaths, while deaths due to external causes of injury and poisoning for young people was 48.8% in 2018. The proportion of deaths due to external causes of injury and poisoning was 54.9% for young males and 32.9% for young females.While the proportion of deaths due to benign and malignant tumors in young people was 12.1%, this proportion was realized as 10.7% for young males and 15.7% for young females.
85.5% of young people declared that they were satisfied from their own health
According to the results of life satisfaction survey, the proportion of people who declared they were satisfied with their own health among the people aged 18 and over was 70.3% in 2018. When satisfaction from health for young individuals was 85.5% this proportion was 86.9% for young males and 84% for young females.
Proportion of Internet usage among the young people was 93%
According to the results of information and communication technology usage survey in households, the proportion of Internet usage among young people at the age group of 16-24 increased to 93% in 2018 while it was 90% in 2017. While this proportion for young males was 96.9% in 2018 with an increase of 3.6 points, this proportion was 89% for young females with an increase of 2.3 points compared to the previous year.
55.4% of young people declared that they were happy
According to the results of life satisfaction survey, the proportion of young people at the age group of 18-24 who declared that they were happy was 55.4% in 2018. This proportion for young males was 53.5% while it was 57.2% for young females.
Health was the first source of happiness for young people
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; health was the first value as a source of happiness for young people with 50.5% in 2018. This was followed by success with 20% and love with 18.9%. While the first value as a ?source of happiness for young males and females did not change, in the second order, it was success for young males with 23.8% and love for young females with 23%. Love took place in the third order as a source of happiness for young males with 14.9% while success took place in the third order as a source of happiness for young females with 16.1%.
76% of the young people were satisfied from their job
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; 76% of the young people were satisfied from their job, while 48.7% of them were satisfied from their income received from their job in 2018. For young males, the proportion of satisfaction from job was 77.2% and the satisfaction from the income received from their job was 48.3%, while for young females these proportions were 73.8% and 49.4%, respectively.
58.3% of young people were satisfied with the education they received
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; 58.3% of the young people declared that they were satisfied from the education they received up to now in 2018. 57.7% of the young males were satisfied from the education they received while 59% of young females were satisfied from the education they received.
The next release on this subject will be on May, 2020.
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EXPLANATIONS
Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has been published press releases since 2012 on special days and occasions considering the importance of such days. The most important step to overcome obstacles to produce effective youth policy and to realize structural changes that will provide permanent solutions is to produce policies regarding education, health, personal life, labour force, social inclusion, taking an equal share of income etc. for young people in our country.
TurkStat has published this press release as a special press release within the context of “19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, National Youth and Sports Day” in order to make necessary policies and to monitor effects of these policies successfully. The data included in the press release were compiled from censuses and surveys that were carried out by TurkStat and administrative registers.
Source: TÜİK
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