Employment rate during each state or provincial leader's tenure, worldwide
85 states, provinces and nations in 2 countries, ranked against one another by how the employment rate changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | vs country | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cengiz Ergün | Manisa Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 3 Apr 2024 | +14.5 pp 2008 → 2023 | +5.6 pp Turkey +8.9 pp | +1.0 pp/yr | |
| 2 | AKP Serdar Atalay | Bingöl Mayor · Turkey | 4 Apr 2009 – 3 Apr 2014 | +14.2 pp 2008 → 2013 | +9.6 pp Turkey +4.6 pp | +2.8 pp/yr | |
| 3 | AKP Mehmet Süleyman Selmanoğlu | Elazığ Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 2 Apr 2014 | +14.2 pp 2008 → 2013 | +9.6 pp Turkey +4.6 pp | +2.8 pp/yr | |
| 4 | DTP Edibe Şahin | Tunceli Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 30 Mar 2014 | +14.2 pp 2008 → 2013 | +9.6 pp Turkey +4.6 pp | +2.8 pp/yr | |
| 5 | AKP Yaşar Bahçeci | Kırşehir Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 31 Mar 2019 | +13.7 pp 2008 → 2018 | +6.6 pp Turkey +7.1 pp | +1.4 pp/yr | |
| 6 | AKP Ahmet Çakır | Malatya Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 26 Apr 2018 | +13.3 pp 2008 → 2017 | +6.7 pp Turkey +6.6 pp | +1.5 pp/yr | |
| 7 | Ali Erdoğan | Uşak Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 2 Apr 2014 | +13.1 pp 2008 → 2013 | +8.5 pp Turkey +4.6 pp | +2.6 pp/yr | |
| 8 | AKP Burhanettin Çoban | Afyonkarahisar Mayor · Turkey | 30 Mar 2009 – 1 Apr 2019 | +12.8 pp 2008 → 2018 | +5.7 pp Turkey +7.1 pp | +1.3 pp/yr | |
| 9 | AKP Faruk Akdoğan | Niğde Mayor · Turkey | 29 Mar 2009 – 24 Oct 2017 | +12.3 pp 2008 → 2017 | +5.7 pp Turkey +6.6 pp | +1.4 pp/yr | |
| 10 | AKP Tahsin Babaş | Kastamonu Mayor · Turkey | 7 Apr 2014 – 5 Apr 2019 | +11.4 pp 2013 → 2018 | +8.9 pp Turkey +2.5 pp | +2.3 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 171 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure the share of working-age people in work: aged 20–64 in the EU, 16–64 in the UK, 15–64 in Japan and South Korea; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own country is measured over the same months. Changes are differences in pp; "per year" divides them by the years in office. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.