ANKARA
Unemployment rate in Turkey in March 2012 dropped 0.9 point over the same month a year earlier to 9.9 percent, the country's statistics authority said Friday.
Urban unemployment was 11.6 percent and rural unemployment was 6.4 percent in the given period, TurkStat said.
The number of jobless decreased to 2.6 million whereas the number of the employed rose to 23.8 million from 23.2 million.
