{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"tr-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/tr-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/tr-minimum-wage/","title":"Turkey Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"Turkey's Minimum Wage: 633 EUR per month in 2025, +7.2% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Turkey","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"Turkey","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Turkey Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Turkey"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Turkey (2025)","value":"633","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+7.2% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+7.2%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Turkey Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":201.5},{"period":"2001","value":190.5},{"period":"2002","value":167},{"period":"2003","value":182.5},{"period":"2004","value":242.5},{"period":"2005","value":284},{"period":"2006","value":299},{"period":"2007","value":316},{"period":"2008","value":342.5},{"period":"2009","value":315.5},{"period":"2010","value":365},{"period":"2011","value":370.5},{"period":"2012","value":387.5},{"period":"2013","value":410.5},{"period":"2014","value":376.5},{"period":"2015","value":424.5},{"period":"2016","value":516.5},{"period":"2017","value":461},{"period":"2018","value":413},{"period":"2019","value":406},{"period":"2020","value":411.5},{"period":"2021","value":370},{"period":"2022","value":351},{"period":"2023","value":487.5},{"period":"2024","value":590.5},{"period":"2025","value":633}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"633.0","yoyChange":"+7.2%"},{"year":"2024","value":"590.5","yoyChange":"+21.1%"},{"year":"2023","value":"487.5","yoyChange":"+38.9%"},{"year":"2022","value":"351.0","yoyChange":"-5.1%"},{"year":"2021","value":"370.0","yoyChange":"-10.1%"},{"year":"2020","value":"411.5","yoyChange":"+1.4%"},{"year":"2019","value":"406.0","yoyChange":"-1.7%"},{"year":"2018","value":"413.0","yoyChange":"-10.4%"},{"year":"2017","value":"461.0","yoyChange":"-10.7%"},{"year":"2016","value":"516.5","yoyChange":"+21.7%"},{"year":"2015","value":"424.5","yoyChange":"+12.7%"},{"year":"2014","value":"376.5","yoyChange":"-8.3%"},{"year":"2013","value":"410.5","yoyChange":"+5.9%"},{"year":"2012","value":"387.5","yoyChange":"+4.6%"},{"year":"2011","value":"370.5","yoyChange":"+1.5%"},{"year":"2010","value":"365.0","yoyChange":"+15.7%"},{"year":"2009","value":"315.5","yoyChange":"-7.9%"},{"year":"2008","value":"342.5","yoyChange":"+8.4%"},{"year":"2007","value":"316.0","yoyChange":"+5.7%"},{"year":"2006","value":"299.0","yoyChange":"+5.3%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in Turkey in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 633 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 167 in 2002. The latest reading of 633 in 2025 represents a change of +7.2%."}]}