Number of Employees in The Field of Logistics

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In 2019 there are 653.304 employees working in the field of logistics.

The number of employees in all enterprises around Turkey increased by 54.19% between 2009-2019. This ratio was 48.27% for Group H and 48.80% for Group H(excluding passenger & public).

Number of Employees

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2009-2019 Change
Turkey 10.106.588 10.929.200 12.078.434 13.141.443 13.889.265 14.615.295 15.222.587 15.401.642 16.013.635 16.156.378 15.656.571 54,91%
Group H 933.136 1.001.007 1.104.056 1.167.402 1.193.304 1.235.521 1.273.559 1.294.591 1.337.595 1.359.943 1.383.523 48,27%
Group H (Logistics excluding passenger & public) 439.063 475.675 537.972 551.887 558.012 581.996 598.149 613.504 627.677 641.766 653.304 48,80%
Group H-49.20 175 193 180 178 253 308 345 361 406 456 512 192,57%
Group H-49.41 293.632 320.894 368.964 370.496 371.363 391.194 405.973 419.774 434.366 439.544 442.897 50,83%
Group H-50.20 15.994 16.621 16.414 16.356 15.808 15.347 15.372 14.592 14.226 15.211 14.414 -9,88%
Group H-51.21 980 1.034 1.133 1.181 1.118 1.087 1.128 1.140 1.108 1.568 1.657 69,08%
Group H-52.10 10.517 11.907 13.878 15.272 17.520 16.993 16.870 16.650 17.509 16.107 15.632 48,64%
Group H-52.24 18.656 21.056 23.048 28.870 27.146 26.963 24.941 24.729 24.272 27.665 31.752 70,20%
Group H-52.29 38.203 42.464 46.981 46.166 49.506 52.737 54.990 54.036 55.818 59.371 63.867 67,18%
Group H-53 60.906 61.506 67.374 73.368 75.298 77.367 78.530 82.222 79.972 81.844 82.574 35,58%

For 2009-2019 period, taking the share of Group H and Group H(transportation & warehousing) in The number of employees at every sector in Turkey as a basis, we do not see much of an increase. We can even say that there is a decrease observed.

Number of Employees / Turkey

  2009 2019
Group H / Turkey 9,23% 8,84%
Group H (Logistics excluding passenger & public) / Turkey 4,34% 4,17%
Group H - 49.20 / Turkey 0,00% 0,00%
Group H - 49.41 / Turkey 2,91% 2,83%
Group H - 50.20 / Turkey 0,16% 0,09%
Group H - 51.21 / Turkey 0,01% 0,01%
Group H - 52.10 / Turkey 0,10% 0,10%
Group H - 52.24 / Turkey 0,18% 0,20%
Group H - 52.29 / Turkey 0,38% 0,41%
Group H - 53 / Turkey 0,60% 0,53%

For other data that may be related to this statistic, you can refer to the page Rate Of Paid Employees In The Field Of Logistics 

Source: TURKSTAT, Annual Statistics About Service and Industry, 2019

https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=sanayi-114&dil=1

  •  Group H: Transportation and Warehousing
  • Group H-49.20: Freight rail transport
  • Group H-49.41: Freight transport by road
  • Group H-50.20: Sea and coastal freight water transport
  •  Group H-51.21: Freight air transport
  •  Group H-52.10: Warehousing and storage
  •  Group H-52.24: Cargo handling
  •  Group H-52.29: Other transportation support activities
  •  Group H-53: Postal and courier activities
  •  Group H (Logistics & Freight) : 49.20 + 49.41 + 50.20 + 51.21 + 52.10 + 52.24 + 52.29 + 53
  •  52.29 (Other transportation support activities.) “52.21”, “52.22” and “52.23”, were excluded due to lack of data and most of the existing data being related to the passenger.
  •  52.21- Service activities incidental to land transportation: Most of them are about passenger and vehicle towing.  Only 52.21.90-Other Services about Land shipping is related to “Logistics excluding passenger & public” (truck terminal administration included) But the exact number of it is unknown.
  •  52.22- Service activities incidental to water transportation:  Only 52.22.06-Administration of ports and sea lines concerning sea line transportation (administration of ports, piers, dockyards, waterways, sea terminals etc.) (excluding the administration of lighthouses etc.) is related to “Logistics excluding passenger & public” But the exact number of it is unknown.
  •  52.23- Service activities incidental to air transportation: Only 52.23.03-Airports ground services operations (excluding Cargo and baggage loading services) is related to “Logistics excluding passenger & public” But the exact number of it is unknown.
  • Number of employees: Calculated by adding the annual average number of paid employees to the number of job owners, partners, family members and apprentices who work without salary.

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