CORRECTION - Unemployment in Turkiye at 11.4% in January

Number of unemployed age 15 and over rises 21,000 to 3.8M month-on-month, official data shows

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By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Unemployment in Turkiye reached 11.4% in January, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said on Thursday.

The figure was 10.3% for men and 13.6% for women, TurkStat said in a statement.

The number of unemployed age 15 and over rose by 21,000 month-on-month in January to 3.8 million.

The employment rate was 46.5%, down 0.2 percentage points, while the labor force participation rate stood at 52.6%, falling 0.1 percentage points.

Some 33.8 million people made up the labor force in January, down 22,000 people from the previous month.

The youth unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group was 21.6%, without any change compared to the previous month, the report said.

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