ISTANBUL, June 10 Reuters Turkey39;s unemployment rate rose to 11.3 in April, while a seasonally adjusted measure of labour underutilisation fell 10 percentage points to 21.7, data showed on Friday.

The labour underutilisation measure was on a falling trend for much of last year after peaking at 29.6 in January 2021 under the impact of measures to combat the COVID19 pandemic.

The revised unemployment rate for March was 11.2, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute also showed.

The labour force participation rate rose from a month earlier to 53.1, it showed.

Reporting by Canan Sevgili and Berna Suleymanolgu Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun Editing by Daren Butler

Source Reuters