Türkiye's jobless rate rises to 10.3% in December 2022

Number of unemployed grows by 62,000 from a month earlier to 3.63M

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's unemployment rate rose to 10.3% in December 2022, up from 10.2% in November, the country's statistical authority said Friday.

The number of jobless people age 15 and over climbed by 62,000 month-on-month to 3.63 million in December, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.

The unemployment rate in the month was 8.2% for men and 14.4% for women.

Some 31.57 million were employed as of December, up 18,000 from a month earlier, while the employment rate was unchanged at 48.5%.

The labor force grew by 80,000 to 35.2 million in the same period and the labor force participation rate slightly rose to 54.1%.

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