NUTS 3

Kars

Region of Türkiye · NUTS code TRA22

Among 81 NUTS 3 regions of Türkiye, Kars ranks best in gdp per capita (66th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Kars vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
8,500 €/inh.
+1,900 vs 2023
66th of 81 in the country
Türkiye 14,140 €/inh. · -40%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
27.8 /km²
−0.2 vs 2023
73rd of 81 in the country
Türkiye 111.6 /km² · -75%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
-21.9 ‰
−34.6 vs 2023
75th of 81 in the country
Türkiye 5.0 ‰ · -538%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
-29.5 ‰
−33.9 vs 2023
74th of 81 in the country
Türkiye 0.3 ‰ · -9933%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
29.7 years
+0.7 vs 2024
67th of 81 in the country
Türkiye 34.4 years · -14%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
9.6 %
+0.4 vs 2024
62nd of 81 in the country
Türkiye 10.6 % · -9%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

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For Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Kars belongs to.

Population
1,070,312
−21,818 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
76.9 years
−1.7 vs 2019
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
8.2 %
−2.1 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
57.1 %
−1.6 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tourist nights
1,014 per 1,000
+393 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
45 per mn
−26 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
17.0 %
+1.9 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.87
−0.31 vs 2022
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
0.3 %
+0.1 vs 2017
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
132 per 100k
+3 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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