# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Balıkesir, Çanakkale (NUTS-2 TR22)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Balıkesir, Çanakkale (NUTS-2 TR22) was 5.6% in 2025, down 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.4% (2015) to 8.3% (2019), averaging 6.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `TR-22.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2006-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (20 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/turkey/unemployment-rate-15-74-balkesir-canakkale-nuts-2-tr22

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 6.1% |
| 2023 | 6.1% |
| 2022 | 7.1% |
| 2021 | 8.0% |
| 2020 | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 8.3% |
| 2018 | 5.7% |
| 2017 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.8% |
| 2015 | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 5.6% |
| 2013 | 5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.5% |
| 2011 | 4.3% |
| 2010 | 6.1% |
| 2009 | 7.1% |
| 2008 | 6.2% |
| 2007 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR-22.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TR-22.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```