Employment in services in Türkiye

58.5% of employed people in Türkiye worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Türkiye, 2025 58.5% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 58.1%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 73.5% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 95th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Türkiye over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in services (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period TürkiyeWorld
2025 58.5% 50.6%
2024 58.1% 50.3%
2023 57.8% 49.9%
2022 56.6% 49.5%
2021 55.3% 49.6%
2020 54.9% 49.5%
2019 55.3% 50.2%
2018 53.7% 49.7%
2017 52.9% 49.1%
2016 52.5% 48.6%
2015 51.2% 48.1%
2014 49.9% 47.3%
2013 49.4% 46.4%
2012 49.1% 45.6%
2011 48.1% 45.1%
2010 48.8% 44.6%
2009 50.5% 44.2%
2008 48.3% 43.7%
2007 48.6% 43.2%
2006 48.0% 42.9%
2005 46.8% 42.3%
2004 45.0% 41.8%
2003 42.5% 41.1%
2002 41.2% 40.7%
2001 38.9% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 58.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 51.2%, the figure has changed by +7.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 95th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Türkiye
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates