Labor force:

24.06 million country comparison to the world: 25 note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 29.5%

industry: 24.7%

services: 45.8% (2005)

Unemployment rate:

11% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 130 9.9% (2007 est.)

note: underemployment amounted to 4% in 2008

Population below poverty line: