Nestled at the heart of Turkey, Ankara's industrial landscape isn't just the nation's capital; it's a powerful and diversified economic engine where a surge in manufacturing output, billions in strategic investments, and a growing workforce are fueling remarkable growth across sectors from defense to food processing.
Key Takeaways
- In 2022, Ankara's manufacturing sector contributed 12.5% to the city's GDP with a total output value of 156 billion TRY
- Ankara's food processing industry produced 2.1 million tons of packaged goods in 2023, representing 18% growth from 2021
- The machinery manufacturing subsector in Ankara output reached 45,000 units of industrial equipment in 2022, valued at 28 billion TRY
- Ankara's industrial employment stood at 285,000 workers in 2022, with 45% in manufacturing
- Manufacturing jobs in Ankara increased by 12,000 in 2023, reaching 128,000 employees
- OSTIM Organized Industrial Zone employed 65,000 people in 2022
- FDI in Ankara industry totaled 2.8 billion USD in 2022
- Domestic investment in Ankara manufacturing reached 45 billion TRY in 2023
- OSTIM zone attracted 1.2 billion TRY new investments in 2022
- Ankara industrial exports reached 18.5 billion USD in 2022, growing 22% YoY
- Automotive parts exports from Ankara totaled 4.2 billion USD in 2023
- Machinery exports hit 3.8 billion USD in 2022, to EU markets primarily
- Ankara industrial zones electricity consumption 8.5 billion kWh in 2022
- Natural gas usage in factories 4.2 billion cubic meters annually 2023
- OSTIM road network spans 250 km with 95% paved in 2022
Ankara's diverse manufacturing industries are posting strong growth in production, employment, and exports.
Employment Statistics
- Ankara's industrial employment stood at 285,000 workers in 2022, with 45% in manufacturing
- Manufacturing jobs in Ankara increased by 12,000 in 2023, reaching 128,000 employees
- OSTIM Organized Industrial Zone employed 65,000 people in 2022
- Sincan Industrial Zone had 42,000 industrial workers in 2023
- Female employment in Ankara industry was 28% of total 285,000 in 2022
- Youth employment (15-24) in Ankara factories reached 18,500 in 2023
- Average industrial wage in Ankara was 18,500 TRY monthly in 2022
- Skilled labor shortage in Ankara manufacturing affected 15% of firms in 2023 survey
- Vocational training programs trained 12,000 workers for Ankara industry in 2022
- Turnover rate in Ankara factories was 9.2% in 2023
- Part-time industrial jobs in Ankara totaled 22,000 in 2022
- Migrant worker employment in Ankara industry was 8,500 in 2023
- Unionized workforce in Ankara manufacturing at 35% of 128,000 in 2022
- Overtime hours averaged 12 per week in Ankara factories in 2023
- Employment growth rate in defense sector Ankara was 7.5% in 2022
- Food industry jobs in Ankara: 35,000 in 2023
- Machinery sector employment 28,000 workers in Ankara 2022
- Chemical plants employed 15,200 in Ankara 2023
- Automotive parts factories had 22,500 employees in 2022
- Textile mills in Ankara employed 18,000 in 2023
- Cement industry workforce 12,500 in Ankara 2022
- Electronics sector jobs 14,000 in 2023 Ankara
- Furniture factories employed 16,800 in 2022
- Pharma plants had 9,500 workers in Ankara 2023
- Metal fabrication employment 25,000 in 2022
- Unemployment rate among industrial workers in Ankara was 4.2% in 2023
Employment Statistics Interpretation
Ankara's industrial heart is beating with cautious optimism, as its manufacturing muscles flexed with a notable 12,000 new hires in 2023, yet that very growth is slightly strained by a nagging skilled labor shortage and a workforce where nearly three-quarters of the faces are still male.
Export Performance
- Ankara industrial exports reached 18.5 billion USD in 2022, growing 22% YoY
- Automotive parts exports from Ankara totaled 4.2 billion USD in 2023
- Machinery exports hit 3.8 billion USD in 2022, to EU markets primarily
- Defense products exports 2.1 billion USD from Ankara in 2023
- Chemicals exports 1.9 billion USD in 2022
- Food products exports 1.5 billion USD from Ankara 2023
- Textiles and apparel exports 1.2 billion USD in 2022
- Electrical equipment exports 950 million USD in 2023
- Metals exports totaled 1.1 billion USD in 2022
- Pharmaceuticals exports 850 million USD from Ankara 2023
- Furniture exports 650 million USD in 2022
- Cement exports 720 million USD equivalent in 2023
- Electronics components 580 million USD exports 2022
- Plastic products exports 450 million USD in 2023
- Rubber goods exports 320 million USD 2022
- Glass exports 280 million USD from Ankara 2023
- Paper products 250 million USD exports 2022
- Leather goods exports 210 million USD in 2023
- Medical devices exports 180 million USD 2022
- Precision instruments 150 million USD exports 2023
- Top export market Germany: 2.8 billion USD from Ankara industry 2022
- USA imports 1.6 billion USD Ankara goods in 2023
- UK exports 1.2 billion USD in 2022
- Export growth to Middle East 28% in 2023
- EU share of Ankara exports 55% in 2022, valued 10.2 billion USD
- Ankara industry imports totaled 12.3 billion USD in 2022
- Trade surplus in machinery 1.4 billion USD for Ankara 2023
- Number of exporting firms 4,250 in Ankara industry 2022
- Average export value per firm 4.3 million USD in 2023
Export Performance Interpretation
While Ankara’s industrial sector clearly prefers to put its money where its metal is, it’s also smart enough to know you can’t drive a trade surplus on car parts alone, which is why it’s quietly engineering, machining, and defending its way to a diverse and growing global footprint.
Industrial Investment
- FDI in Ankara industry totaled 2.8 billion USD in 2022
- Domestic investment in Ankara manufacturing reached 45 billion TRY in 2023
- OSTIM zone attracted 1.2 billion TRY new investments in 2022
- Sincan OIZ investments grew 15% to 18 billion TRY in 2023
- Defense sector investments in Ankara hit 12 billion USD cumulative by 2022
- Machinery industry received 8.5 billion TRY incentives in 2023
- Food processing plants invested 3.2 billion TRY in expansion 2022
- Chemical sector FDI 450 million USD in Ankara 2023
- Automotive investments totaled 6.7 billion TRY in 2022
- Textile modernization investments 2.1 billion TRY in 2023
- Cement plant upgrades cost 1.8 billion TRY in 2022
- Electronics R&D investments 950 million TRY in Ankara 2023
- Furniture sector invested 1.4 billion TRY in 2022
- Pharma investments reached 2.5 billion TRY in 2023
- Metal processing new facilities 3.9 billion TRY in 2022
- KOSGEB grants to Ankara SMEs totaled 1.1 billion TRY in 2023
- EU-funded industrial projects 250 million EUR in 2022
- Private equity in Ankara industry 750 million USD 2023
- Bank loans for industry expansion 32 billion TRY in 2022
- New factory constructions 145 in Ankara 2023
- R&D expenditure in industry 4.2 billion TRY in 2022
- Energy efficiency investments 1.6 billion TRY in 2023
- Digital transformation funding 890 million TRY 2022
- Green investments in Ankara factories 550 million EUR 2023
- Infrastructure bonds issued 2.3 billion TRY for industry 2022
Industrial Investment Interpretation
It appears Ankara's industrial sector has decided to become the irresistible object that no unstoppable financial force can avoid, with a sweeping investment surge that has defense flexing its muscles, factories sprouting like optimistic mushrooms, and even the machinery getting government-funded pep talks.
Infrastructure and Energy
- Ankara industrial zones electricity consumption 8.5 billion kWh in 2022
- Natural gas usage in factories 4.2 billion cubic meters annually 2023
- OSTIM road network spans 250 km with 95% paved in 2022
- Sincan OIZ wastewater treatment capacity 45,000 m3/day in 2023
- Renewable energy installations in industry 1.2 GW solar by 2022
- Fiber optic coverage in industrial zones 85% in 2022
- Rail freight to industry 2.5 million tons in 2023
- Logistics centers capacity 500,000 tons storage 2022
- 5G deployment in OSTIM 70% coverage 2023
- Energy efficiency projects saved 450 GWh in 2022
- Industrial waste recycling rate 62% in Ankara 2023
- High-voltage grid capacity 15 GW for industry 2022
- Number of industrial parks 22 in Ankara province 2023
- Total OIZ land 45,000 hectares developed 2022
- LPG usage in factories 1.8 million tons 2023
- Smart grid pilots in 15 factories saving 12% energy 2022
- Highway access lanes to zones 120 km new in 2023
- Airport cargo handling 850,000 tons for industry 2022
- Vocational school-industry partnerships 45 in 2023
- CO2 emissions from industry 18 million tons in 2022
- Wind power capacity in industrial areas 250 MW 2023
- Biomass energy from waste 120 MW in 2022
- EV charging stations in OIZs 450 units 2023
- Digital twin implementations in 28 factories 2022
- Flood protection investments 1.2 billion TRY in zones 2023
Infrastructure and Energy Interpretation
Ankara's industrial zones are powering a surprisingly green and hyper-connected manufacturing revolution, though their sheer scale still leaves a carbon footprint the size of a small nation.
Manufacturing Production
- In 2022, Ankara's manufacturing sector contributed 12.5% to the city's GDP with a total output value of 156 billion TRY
- Ankara's food processing industry produced 2.1 million tons of packaged goods in 2023, representing 18% growth from 2021
- The machinery manufacturing subsector in Ankara output reached 45,000 units of industrial equipment in 2022, valued at 28 billion TRY
- Ankara's cement production totaled 4.8 million tons in 2023, with a capacity utilization rate of 78%
- In 2022, the defense industry in Ankara manufactured 1,200 armored vehicles, contributing 35 billion TRY to production value
- Ankara's textile sector wove 150 million meters of fabric in 2023, up 10% year-over-year
- Chemical manufacturing in Ankara produced 850,000 tons of fertilizers in 2022, holding 22% national market share
- Electronics assembly in Ankara reached 500,000 units of components in 2023, valued at 15 billion TRY
- Furniture production in Ankara totaled 1.2 million pieces in 2022, with export-oriented output at 40%
- Glass and ceramics output in Ankara was 320,000 tons in 2023, growing 14% from previous year
- Paper and pulp production in Ankara hit 450,000 tons in 2022, with recycling rate of 65%
- Plastic products manufacturing in Ankara produced 1.1 million tons in 2023
- Rubber goods output in Ankara reached 180,000 tons in 2022, up 8%
- Metal fabrication in Ankara processed 2.5 million tons of steel in 2023
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing in Ankara produced 250 million units of medicines in 2022
- Automotive parts production in Ankara totaled 750,000 units in 2023, valued at 22 billion TRY
- Electrical equipment output in Ankara was 1.8 million units in 2022
- Leather goods production in Ankara reached 90,000 tons in 2023
- Wood processing in Ankara produced 600,000 cubic meters of products in 2022
- Non-metallic minerals output in Ankara was 3.2 million tons in 2023
- Beverage production in Ankara totaled 1.5 billion liters in 2022
- Tobacco products manufacturing in Ankara output 45,000 tons in 2023
- Printing and publishing in Ankara produced 2.5 billion pages in 2022
- Jewelry manufacturing in Ankara crafted 120 tons of gold products in 2023
- Toy and sports equipment output in Ankara was 450,000 units in 2022
- Medical devices production in Ankara reached 300,000 units in 2023
- Optical instruments manufacturing in Ankara produced 150,000 units in 2022
- Precision instruments output in Ankara totaled 80,000 units in 2023
- Other manufacturing in Ankara contributed 5.2 billion TRY in 2022
- Total industrial production index in Ankara rose 9.8% in 2023
Manufacturing Production Interpretation
Ankara's industrial might proves it's not just a political capital, but a veritable factory of the nation, churning out everything from armored vehicles to fertilizer, woven fabric to fine gold, all while steadily expanding across nearly every measurable sector.
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