Economic Structure

To look at the 2017 gross domestic product amounts of Nevşehir, it can be seen that the share of agriculture is 19.3%, industry is 19.6% and services is 61.1%.

The sectors with the highest income from the economy in the region are tourism, agriculture, food, mining and industry sectors.

Tourism

The key reason for the high share of services in the province of Nevşehir is that a significant part of the Cappadocia Region is located within this province. You can find detailed information about the tourism sector here.

Agriculture 

Nevşehir comes second after Kayseri in pumpkin seed production. Other main agricultural products of Nevşehir are potatoes, beets, beans, grapes and apricots. You can find detailed information about the agricultural sector here.

Food

The above mentioned agricultural products are transformed into a value-added form by turning them into either food or beverage in food processing factories and contribute to the economy of the region. You can find detailed information about the food industry here.

Mining

Nevşehir province is among the provinces with the highest pumice reserve in Turkey with its 450 million cubic meter pumice reserve. Besides the reserve size, it has an important place in employment as well. You can find detailed information about the mining sector here. Otherwise, please click here to reach the map of the mines in Nevşehir.

Industry

There are 2 Organized Industrial Zones (OIZ) in the province, apart from that, there are 13 Small Industrial Sites (SIS) throughout the province. You can find detailed information about the industry sector here.

Acıgöl OIZ

In the region, which is established on an area of 99 hectares, 14 businesses are actively working. When analyzed by field, it is seen that businesses operate mainly in fields such as food, recycling, chemistry and plastic.

Nevşehir OIZ

In the region with a size of 85 hectares, businesses are mainly active in areas such as metal, machinery, food packaging and recycling.

People in the following areas generally are employed in the province of Nevşehir.

There are a total of 6,300 workplaces in 2017 and the total number of employees is 38,508. The 10 areas where employees are most employed are listed in the table below.