Turkey: Service sector takes lion's share of employment

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s service sector took the lion’s share in the number of enterprises and employment, according to temporary official data released on Thursday.

"In employment, the service sector constituted 37.9% of the total employment, while the employment share of the industrial sector was 28.9%," said the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).

The data showed 43.2% of the enterprises active in 2020 were in the service sector and 36.6% in the trade sector.

The report said 56.6% of enterprises in manufacturing took part in low-tech activities, adding: "These enterprises involved in low-technology activities accounted for 51.9% of employment and 37.8% of turnover."

TurkStat also said the trade sector had the highest share in turnover with 46%.

"While the turnover share of the service sector, which has the highest number of enterprises and the highest share of employment, was 14%, the turnover share of the industry sector was 34.1%," it said.