Long-term unemployment rate in Türkiye

Name: Long-term unemployment rate in Türkiye
Creator: Eurostat
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In 2025, 1.5% of the labour force in Türkiye had been unemployed for at least a year. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Long-term unemployment rate % of the labour force Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Türkiye, 2025 1.5% % of the labour force

Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 1.7%

European Union, 2025 1.9% Official aggregate

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 1.7% Middle value of 26 countries

Position in 2025 21st of 34 See the full ranking

Long-term unemployment rate in Türkiye over time

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% of the labour force. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Long-term unemployment rate (% of the labour force), 2009 to 2025
Period	Türkiye	European Union
2025	1.5%	1.9%
2024	1.7%	1.9%
2023	2.0%	2.1%
2022	2.5%	2.4%
2021	3.7%b (break in time series)	2.8%
2020	3.3%	2.4%
2019	3.2%	2.7%
2018	2.4%	3.1%
2017	2.4%	3.7%
2016	2.2%	4.3%
2015	2.2%	4.9%
2014	2.0%b (break in time series)	5.4%
2013	1.9%	5.4%
2012	1.8%	4.9%
2011	2.1%	4.3%
2010	2.8%	4.0%
2009	2.9%	3.1%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 1.7% in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 21st highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.9%.