The proportion of labor force as a % total population in Turkey stood at 40.4% in 2021. On a year-on-year basis, the indicator increased by 7.9% in 2021. Between 2010-2021, the proportion of labor force as a % of the total population increased by 16.8%.
The indicator refers to the total population of working age who are either employed or seeking employment as a percentage of the total population. The labor force or workforce of a country comprises the number of people of working age who are either employed or seeking employment.
Typically, this would include everyone of working age (defined in most countries as above 15 or 16 years and below 60-65 years of age) who is able and willing to work. People excluded are those falling outside the working-age group (such as students and retired persons), as well as people of working age who, either voluntarily or due to other constraints, are not seeking employment in the period under consideration (such as stay-at-home parents and people in prisons or similar institutions).
According to GlobalData, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Macau, Nepal, Iceland, Singapore, and Switzerland are some of the countries with the proportion of labor force as a % of the total population in 2021.
Yemen, Comoros, Iraq, Somalia, Jordan, Sudan, Mauritania, and Algeria are some of the countries with the lowest proportion of labor force as a % of the total population in 2021.
Between 2010 and 2021, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Botswana, Malta, Serbia, the Dominican Republic, and Oman are some of the countries with the highest growth in the proportion of labor force as a % of the total population.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands U.S., Barbados, Algeria, and the Bahamas are some of the countries with the lowest growth in the proportion of labor force as a % of the total population, between 2010-2021.
Population rate, availability of skilled labor, economic cycle, industrial growth, immigration, employment levels, education, income support policies, and other socio-cultural factors impact the growth of the labor force in a country.
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