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Turkey

  • Current population: 84,197,447
  • Current male population (49.9%) 41,988,770
  • Current female population (50.1%) 42,208,677
  • Labor force in 2018: 31,300,000
  • In 2017 Turkey imported $214 billion, which is the 20th largest importer in the world.
  • Its main imports are Gold ($17.1 Billion), Oil Refining ($9.8 Billion), Cars ($8.78 Billion), Spare Parts ($6.34 Billion) and Scrap ($5.84 Billion).
  • The main origins of its imports are China ($ 23 Billion), Germany ($22.5 Billion), Russia ($13.2 Billions), Italy ($11.4 Billions) and the United States ($11,3 Billion).
  • Turkey is the 27th largest export economy in the world and the 52nd most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI).
  • In 2017, Turkey exported $166 Billion
  • Turkey's main exports are Cars ($13.2 billion), Gold ($6.96 billion), Delivery trucks ($5.04 billion), Spare parts ($4.64 billion) and Jewelry ($3,39 billion), according to the classification of the Harmonized System (HS).
  • The main export destinations of Turkey are Germany ($ 17.4 Billion), the United Kingdom ($10.1 Billion), Italy ($9.4 Billion), the United Arab Emirates ($9.2 Billion) and Iraq ($ 9.1 Million).
  • Turkey is the 19th economy by volume of GDP.
  • Turkey is in the 43rd position of the 190 that make up the Doing Business ranking.
  • After many years of sustained growth (with a peak of 7.4% in 2017) based on external loans, domestic demand, inflation and the current account deficit continued to grow as a result of stimulus measures until mid-2018
  • Agriculture in Turkey represents 6.08% of GDP. Despite employing about 18.76% of the population.
  • Manufacturing is the most important industrial activity in the country. The secondary sector represents 29.16% of GDP (2018) and employs 26.91% of the labor force.