The number of unemployed persons above the age of 15 and those children in Turkey decreased by 369 thousand persons compared to the same period last year, in July 2020 was 4 million 227 thousand people. Unemployment rate realized as 13.4 percent with 0.5 percentage point decrease. Non-agricultural unemployment rate was 15.9 percent with a 0.6 percentage point decrease.
The number of employed people decreased by 1 million 254 thousand people to 27 million 263 thousand people in the period of July 2020 compared to the same period of the previous year, and the employment rate was 43.5 percent with a 2.9 percentage point decrease.
During this period, the number of employed persons decreased by 361 thousand in the agricultural sector, 246 thousand in the industrial sector, 761 thousand in the service sector, and 114 thousand in the construction sector. 19.4 percent of the employed were in agriculture, 19.6 percent in industry, 6.1 percent in construction and 54.9 percent in service sector.