Türkiye's jobless rate fell to 7.9% in the April-June period, marking the lowest quarterly level since the country's current unemployment data series began in 2005, official data showed Wednesday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined 0.3 percentage points from the previous quarter, while the number of unemployed people aged 15 and over fell by 84,000 to nearly 2.78 million, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.

The unemployment rate stood at 6.7% for men and 10.3% for women.

The number of employed people rose by 155,000 from the previous quarter to almost 32.48 million in the April-June period, the data showed.

The seasonally adjusted employment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point to 48.5%, with the rate at 65.8% for men and 31.6% for women.

The labor force grew by 71,000 to 35.28 million, while the labor-force participation rate edged down 0.1 percentage point to 52.7%. Participation was 70.6% among men and 35.3% among women.

In sectors excluding agriculture, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said the average informal employment rate over the past year stood at 15.7%, well below the historical average.

"The increase in formal employment, which provides social security for our workers, also yields significant gains for public finances," Şimşek wrote on the social media platform X.

"We are continuing our policies that strengthen human capital, support employment and increase labor force participation."

Youth unemployment also at record low

Unemployment among people aged 15-24 fell by 1 percentage point from the previous quarter to 13.9%, TurkStat said.

Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan said that the rate also marked the lowest since 2005.

"We will continue to implement initiatives that will facilitate our young people's entry into the workforce and strengthen the link between education and employment," Işıkhan wrote on X.

Youth unemployment was 11% among men and 19.3% among women.

The broader measure of labor underutilization, which includes the unemployed, people in the potential labor force and those in time-related underemployment, fell 0.2 percentage point from the previous quarter to 29.9%.

The combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment stood at 19.3%, while the combined rate of potential labor force and unemployment was estimated at 20%.