TÜRKIYE

Capital Ankara
Area (km2) 774 815
Total population (thousands, 2023) 85 326
Population density (per km2) 110
National currency New Turkish Lira (TRY)
National statistical office www.turkstat.gov.tr
Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT)
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 34%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 8%
   hourly wage, 2018 3%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 18%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 51%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 22%
Women researchers, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 37%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 79.8
   males, years 74.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 19.8
   males, years 16.6
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 10.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 27.1
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-2.3
-4.9
7.9
6.8
2.9
3.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
13.7
13.2
12.0
10.5
9.4
8.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
25.2
25.1
22.7
19.5
17.5
16.4
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2022 3 248 662
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 36 655
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 27.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 27.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2022 23 831
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   TRY per USD, US=1, 2022 4.718
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 15
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 19

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 11 417
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 3 796
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 4 345
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 72
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 21 422
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 16 044
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 402 145
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 347 809