Turkey (2025)
7.1
% of active population (ISCED 5–8)
-0.4pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.4pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
20
years of data

Data

Turkey Unemployment Rate — Tertiary Education (ISCED 5–8) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of active population (ISCED 5–8) YoY Change
2025 7.1 -0.4pp
2024 7.5 -0.7pp
2023 8.2 -1.2pp
2022 9.4 -0.5pp
2021 9.9 -0.1pp
2020 10 -0.6pp
2019 10.6 +0.9pp
2018 9.7 +0.3pp
2017 9.4 +0.2pp
2016 9.2 +0.9pp
2015 8.3 +0.2pp
2014 8.1 +1.2pp
2013 6.9 +0.3pp
2012 6.6 -0.2pp
2011 6.8 -0.2pp
2010 7 -1.1pp
2009 8.1 +1.7pp
2008 6.4 +0.5pp
2007 5.9 unchanged
2006 5.9 n/a

About this Dataset

Turkey recorded 7.1 % of active population (ISCED 5–8) in 2025. The latest change was -0.4pp. Across 2006–2025 the series ranges from 5.9 in 2007 to 10.6 in 2019.

This page tracks unemployment among tertiary-educated workers (ISCED 5-8) in Turkey from 2005 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks unemployment among tertiary-educated workers (ISCED 5-8) in Turkey from 2005 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2025 (20 observations).

The series peaked at 10.6 % of active population (ISCED 5–8) in 2019 and reached its lowest recorded value of 5.9 in 2007. The latest reading of 7.1 in 2025 represents a change of -0.4pp.