OECD Economic Surveys: Türkiye 2023
Basic statistics of Türkiye, 2021
(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)1
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
85.0 |
Population density per km² |
110.5 |
(38.7) |
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Under 15 (%) |
23.6 |
(17.6) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2020) |
77.9 |
(79.7) |
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Over 65 (%) |
9.3 |
(17.7) |
Men (2020) |
75.0 |
(77.0) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
7.0 |
(13.2) |
Women (2020) |
80.8 |
(82.5) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.3 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
June-2018 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
836.6 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
6.3 |
(2.6) |
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In current prices (billion TRY) |
7 248.8 |
Industry including construction |
34.7 |
(27.7) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
4.8 |
(1.6) |
Services |
59.0 |
(69.7) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
30.3 |
(50.7) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure |
31.2 |
(46.3) |
Gross financial debt³ |
43.6 |
(111.9) |
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Revenue |
27.3 |
(38.7) |
Net financial debt³ |
25.9 |
(70.4) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (TRY per USD) |
8.66 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
2.81 |
Manufactured goods |
28.5 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Machinery and transport equipment |
27.1 |
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Exports of goods and services |
35.3 |
(29.8) |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
17.4 |
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Imports of goods and services |
35.5 |
(29.9) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
-1.7 |
(0.2) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
26.4 |
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Net international investment position |
-30.6 |
Manufactured goods |
17.6 |
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Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
16.5 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
45.2 |
(56.2) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
12.0 |
(6.1) |
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Men |
62.8 |
(64.1) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
22.7 |
(12.8) |
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Women |
28.0 |
(48.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
3.7 |
(2.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
51.4 |
(60.3) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %) |
24.5 |
(39.9) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1,732 |
(1,727) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
1.1 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
1.9 |
(3.8) |
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes) |
4.7 |
(7.9) |
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Renewables (%) |
15.2 |
(11.6) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2018) |
0.8 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 g/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
99.9 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2019, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2019, OECD: latest available) |
0.415 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2019, OECD: 2018) |
15.0 |
(11.7) |
Reading |
466 |
(485) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2019, OECD: 2018) |
10.8 |
(25.5) |
Mathematics |
454 |
(487) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
468 |
(487) |
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Health care (2020) |
4.6 |
(9.7) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
17.3 |
(32.4) |
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Pensions (2017) |
7.4 |
(8.6) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2017) |
1.0 |
(0.4) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2020) |
3.8 |
(4.4) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.
1. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
2. Gross financial debt refers to general government gross financial liabilities. Net financial debt is the total financial liabilities minus the total financial assets.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.