Gross domestic product of Turkey by provinces by kind of economic activity, current prices, NACE Rev.2, 2004-2017

TUIK has the data on GDP of Turkish provinces (totally 81) by three sectors namely agriculture, industry and services. Figure -1 shows the GDP shares of top ten provinces over 2004-2017. Istanbul, by far, has been the largest contributor of GDP in this period. It constantly remains above about % 30. Ankara is the second largest city followed by Izmir and Manisa. Having almost similar figures Bursa and Kocaeli took 5^th and 6^th places respectively. The remaining 71 cities accounted over % 35 of the GDP, while their share has been decreasing since 2011.

Agriculture

Figure – 2 illustrates the shares of provinces in Agricultural GDP over 2004-2017. Konya, Antalya, Manisa, Izmir and Mersin have been the major agricultural producers in this term. The production in Antalya have been volatile. More specifically, it had an increasing trend during 2004-2010 and a down- trend over 2011-2017. While Antalya has been the leader over 2005-2011 in agricultural production, Konya suppressed it from 2011 onwards. Konya have been the only city which had a value over % 5 between 2013-2017.

The remaining 74 provinces had their largest shares in 2004 and in 2005 with % 80.6 and %80.4. However, their contribution to agricultural production decreased on coming years. Over 2006-2017, the share of remaining 74 cities remained below % 80. Specifically, in 2014, their share bottomed-out at % 77.8.

Industry

Figure – 3 shows the shares of Turkish cities on GDP created only by industry over 2004-2017. Istanbul has been by far the largest producer however having a slightly diminishing trend from 2004 at % 32.4 to 2017 at %29. Ankara was the second largest contributor having its biggest share in 2010 at % 9.5 and its smallest figures in 2017 at %8.1. 3^rd place have been occupied by both Bursa and Kocaeli throughout the period under study. In 2017, Kocaeli surpassed Bursa and took the 3^rd position. Tekirdag and Gaziantep have been placed in 5^th and 6^th positions respectively having almost similar figures at about % 2.3. The aggregated shares of other 74 cities demonstrated by the red line has improved from 2004 at %35 to 2017 at %38.

Services

Figure – 4 shows the shares of Turkish cities on GDP created only by services over 2004-2017. Istanbul has been the major producer in this sector having a seven-year average at % 34.6. Ankara has come 2^nd with a seven-year average at % 10.8. It was followed by Izmir, Antalya and Bursa respectively. The total share of remaining 76 provinces has a stable appearance remaining at about % 41.

Annex