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: