The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Greece dropped to 10.8 percent in January of 2023, the lowest jobless rate since December of 2009, from an upwardly revised 12.4 percent in the previous month. The number of unemployed decreased by 87.7 thousand over the previous month to 502 thousand and the number of employed fell by 26.3 thousand to 4.1 million. Meanwhile, the number of people outside the labor force went up by 110.1 thousand to 3.2 million. Compared to the same month of the previous year, jobseekers went down by 21.2 percent and employment grew by 2.9 percent. source: National Statistical Service of Greece
Unemployment Rate in Greece averaged 16.21 percent from 1998 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 28.10 percent in July of 2013 and a record low of 7.40 percent in May of 2008. This page provides the latest reported value for - Greece Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Greece Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2023.
Unemployment Rate in Greece is expected to be 11.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.