Labour Force Statistics, February 2019
Employment rate realized as 44.8%
The number of employed persons decreased by 811 thousand to 27 million 355 thousand persons in the period of February 2019 compared with the same period of the previous year. The employment rate occurred as 44.8% with 1.8 percentage point decrease.
The number of agricultural employment decreased by 296 thousand persons and the number of non-agricultural employment decreased by 514 thousand persons in this period. According to the distribution of employment by sector; 17.1% was employed in agriculture, 19.7% was in industry, 5.4% was in construction and 57.7% was in services. Employment in agriculture decreased by 0.6 percentage point, industry decreased by 0.3 percentage point and construction decreased by 1.6 percentage point while the share of services increased by 2.4 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.
Labour force participation rate realized as 52.5%
The number of persons in the labour force realized 32 million 84 thousand persons with 564 thousand persons increase in the period of February 2019 compared with the same period of the previous year. Labour force participation rate (LFPR) was 52.5% with 0.3 percentage point increase. LFPR for male was 71.4% with 0.1 percentage point decrease and the rate for female was 34.0% with 0.7 percentage point increase compared with the same period of the previous year.
Non-seasonally adjusted main labour force indicators, February 2018, February 2019
The rate of unregistered employment realized as 33.5%
The ratio of persons working without any social security relating to the main job occurred 33.5% with 1.3 percentage point increase in the period of February 2019 compared with the same period of the previous year. In the non-agricultural sector, the rate of unregistered employment realized as 22.8% with 1.1 percentage point increase compared to the same period of the previous year.
Public sector employment increased as 21.6%
According to data gathered by Presidency of Strategy and Budget, total public sector employment realized as 4 million 517 thousand persons with 21.6% percentage point increase in the firsth quarter of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to the fact that subcontractors, who had not previously been involved in public employment, were employed as public employees (permanent workers).
Seasonally adjusted employment rate realized as 46.0% and unemployment rate realized as 13.6%
Seasonally adjusted employed persons increased by 68 thousand persons and occured 28 million 85 thousand persons compared with the previous period. Seasonally adjusted employment rate occurred as 46.0% with 0.1 percentage point increase.
The number of seasonally adjusted unemployed persons increased by 113 thousand to 4 million 417 thousand persons in the period of February 2019 compared with the previous period. The unemployment rate was 13.6% with 0.3 percentage point increase.
Seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate was 53.2% with 0.2 percentage point increase compared with the previous period. According to the number of employment by sector, employment in agriculture decreased by 23 thousand persons, industry decreased by 4 thousand persons and construction decreased by 14 thousand persons while services increased by 108 thousand persons.
Seasonally adjusted main labour force indicators, February 2018 – February 2019
The next release on this subject will be on June 17, 2019.
EXPLANATIONS
In the period of February 2019, results published in this press release includes 1st-13thweeks period including January, February and March 2019.
Source: TÜİK
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