# Turkey Employment rate, %, monthly (TurkStat via TCMB EVDS)

Turkey Employment rate, %, monthly (TurkStat via TCMB EVDS) was 48.7% in September 2026, down 0.9 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 40.3% (Apr 2020) to 50.5% (May 2024), averaging 47.0%.

- Source agency: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (TCMB)
- Makrognosis code: `TR.EMPRATE.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2005-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (261 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/turkey/employment-rate-pct-monthly-turkstat-via-tcmb-evds

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 48.7% |
| August 2026 | 49.6% |
| July 2026 | 49.2% |
| June 2026 | 49.2% |
| May 2026 | 49.1% |
| April 2026 | 48.1% |
| March 2026 | 47.6% |
| February 2026 | 47.2% |
| January 2026 | 46.8% |
| December 2025 | 48.1% |
| November 2025 | 49.2% |
| October 2025 | 49.8% |
| September 2025 | 49.2% |
| August 2025 | 50.3% |
| July 2025 | 49.8% |
| June 2025 | 49.3% |
| May 2025 | 49.7% |
| April 2025 | 48.6% |
| March 2025 | 48.3% |
| February 2025 | 48.0% |
| January 2025 | 48.4% |
| December 2024 | 48.7% |
| November 2024 | 49.7% |
| October 2024 | 49.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR.EMPRATE.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR.EMPRATE.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```