Highest Unemployment in Turkey

Top 100 cities ranked by highest unemployment

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Highest Unemployment — Turkey

1 Şenpazar 37 8.5%

2 İliç 24 8.5%

3 Altınsu 70 8.5%

4 Kumçatı 80 8.5%

5 Kiğı 12 8.5%

6 Domaniç 43 8.5%

7 Derebucak 71 8.5%

8 Yenice 68 8.5%

9 Ömerli 10 8.5%

10 Ambar 21 8.5%

11 Karakoyunlu 88 8.5%

12 Sarıcakaya 26 8.5%

13 Ahırlı 71 8.5%

14 Şaphane 43 8.5%

15 Ovacık 89 8.5%

16 Yakakent 55 8.5%

17 Atkaracalar 82 8.5%

18 Ulubey 64 8.5%

19 Çüngüş 21 8.5%

20 Pazar 60 8.5%

21 Eceabat 17 8.5%

22 Hanak 86 8.5%

23 Avsuyu 31 8.5%

24 Arpaçay 84 8.5%

25 Doğankent 81 8.5%

26 Beylikova 26 8.5%

27 Dursunlu 31 8.5%

28 Yazıhan 44 8.5%

29 Tufanbeyli 81 8.5%

30 Kale 44 8.5%

31 Arıcak 23 8.5%

32 Beylerbeyi 34 8.5%

33 Karslı 81 8.5%

34 Mordoğan 35 8.5%

35 Yenişarbademli 33 8.5%

36 Daday 37 8.5%

37 Kayapınar 76 8.5%

38 Çeltikçi 15 8.5%

39 Şambayadı 81 8.5%

40 Doğansu 04 8.5%

41 İyidere 53 8.5%

42 Ula 48 8.5%

43 Tefenni 15 8.5%

44 Köprübaşı 61 8.5%

45 Ardanuç 08 8.5%

46 Manyas 10 8.5%

47 Konacık 48 8.5%

48 Yıldız 34 8.5%

49 Sarıoğlan 38 8.5%

50 Yolbaşı 72 8.5%

51 Özvatan 38 8.5%

52 Saimbeyli 81 8.5%

53 Payallar 07 8.5%

54 Akarsu 72 8.5%

55 Bebek 34 8.5%

56 Yolboyu 21 8.5%

57 Çanta 34 8.5%

58 Nikfer 20 8.5%

59 Taşlıçay 04 8.5%

60 Sivrice 23 8.5%

61 Oğuzlar 19 8.5%

62 Dikmen 57 8.5%

63 Koyulhisar 58 8.5%

64 Mecitözü 19 8.5%

65 Mutki 13 8.5%

66 Şirvan 74 8.5%

67 Altınkum 09 8.5%

68 Ulus 87 8.5%

69 Sincik 02 8.5%

70 Kepsut 10 8.5%

71 Gürbüz 21 8.5%

72 İnönü 78 8.5%

73 Uzundere 25 8.5%

74 İncek 68 8.5%

75 Refahiye 24 8.5%

76 Boztepe 40 8.5%

77 Araç 37 8.5%

78 Göynük 14 8.5%

79 Kayabağlar 74 8.5%

80 Bayat 19 8.5%

81 Kastal 31 8.5%

82 Altınyayla 58 8.5%

83 Başyayla 78 8.5%

84 Felahiye 38 8.5%

85 Kadışehri 66 8.5%

86 Bağarası 09 8.5%

87 Ayvacık 55 8.5%

88 Kocahasanlı 32 8.5%

89 Çiftlikköy 92 8.5%

90 Hasyurt 07 8.5%

91 İhsaniye 03 8.5%

92 Çeştepe 09 8.5%

93 Gündoğmuş 07 8.5%

94 Mahmutlar 31 8.5%

95 Ağaçören 75 8.5%

96 Keban 23 8.5%

97 Pazaryolu 25 8.5%

98 Akören 71 8.5%

99 Uzungeçit 80 8.5%

100 Çeşmeli 32 8.5%

Cities with the highest unemployment rates in Turkey face significant economic challenges. Şenpazar has an unemployment rate of 8.5%. These communities often struggle with limited job opportunities, industry decline, or seasonal employment patterns.

High unemployment can have cascading effects on a community, including reduced consumer spending, lower tax revenues, and increased demand for social services. Understanding the causes — whether structural, cyclical, or seasonal — is important for developing effective solutions.

Many cities with high unemployment are actively working to diversify their economies, attract new industries, and invest in workforce development programs to help residents gain skills for in-demand occupations.

Did You Know?

1. In Şenpazar, about 1 in 12 workers is looking for a job.
2. Seasonal economies (tourism, agriculture) can cause unemployment rates to fluctuate dramatically throughout the year.
3. Many high-unemployment cities have seen improvement through targeted economic development and workforce training programs.

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