Workers in Informal Employment in Türkiye: A Statistical Profile, 2019-2023
Between 2019 and 2020, the number of persons employed in Türkiye fell by 640,000 for women and 500,000 for men – but between 2021 and 2023 increased by 2.5 million workers nationally, mainly among formal workers (72 to 75 per cent of total employment). This Statistical Brief (No. 42) focuses on four worker groups – domestic workers, home-based workers, market traders, and street vendors.
The majority of home-based workers, market traders and street vendors, as well as women domestic workers, were informal. Between 2019 and 2023, women’s employment in the four groups together increased from 8 to 11 per cent of total employment, but remained at around 3 per cent for men. Over the period, the major change in the worker groups was the shift in the industry of women home-based workers from textile manufacturing to professional and related services.
The data for this brief are based on the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Labour Force Surveys, conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT).
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