Türkiye's overall labor force is around 34.3 million people, which makes the country the 2nd largest labor force in Europe.
Türkiye’s young population is an important contributor to labor force growth and has boosted the country’s rank over peer countries. Türkiye has posted the largest labor force growth among the EU countries.
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Labor Force (2022)
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3 Chart context menu Labor Force (million, 2022) Growth Rate (%, 2012-2022) GERMANY TÜRKİYE UK FRANCE ITALY SPAIN POLAND CZECHIA HUNGARY -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
Source: OECD, World Bank, TurkStat
Annual Average Increase in Labor Productivity (%)
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3 Chart context menu 2000-2021 3.4% 3.4%1.2% 1.2%TÜRKİYE OECD 0 1 2 3 4
A rapid expansion in the number of universities has allowed Türkiye to have more university graduates, enabling Türkiye to transform its young population and large labor force into a skilled workforce.
More than 8 million students are enrolled in higher education currently
Over 900,000 university graduates annually
World-class engineering education
Number of Universities and University Graduates
Source: CoHE
Availability of Skilled Labor (2022)
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3 Chart context menu 4.48 4.483.95 3.953.84 3.843.75 3.753.73 3.733.72 3.723.42 3.423.28 3.282.70 2.70TÜRKİYE AUSTRIA ROMANIA POLAND CROATIA BRAZIL HUNGARY BULGARIA NEW ZEALAND 0 1 2 3 4 5
Source: IMD, IMD World Competitiveness Executive Opinion Survey based on an index from 0 to 10
Competent Senior Managers (2022)
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3 Chart context menu 5.18 5.184.53 4.534.31 4.314.00 4.003.91 3.913.84 3.843.77 3.773.67 3.673.57 3.57AUSTRIA TÜRKİYE POLAND NEW ZEALAND CROATIA ROMANIA BRAZIL BULGARIA HUNGARY 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Source: IMD, IMD World Competitiveness Executive Opinion Survey based on an index from 0 to 10
Qualified Engineers (2022)
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3 Chart context menu 5.92 5.925.77 5.775.59 5.595.39 5.395.18 5.184.99 4.994.96 4.964.77 4.774.23 4.23AUSTRIA TÜRKİYE ROMANIA BRAZIL CROATIA NEW ZEALAND HUNGARY POLAND BULGARIA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Source: IMD, IMD World Competitiveness Executive Opinion Survey based on an index from 0 to 10
