Greek Unemployment Rate Edges to 9% in March

Greece’s unemployment complaint stood astatine 9% successful March, according to information released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The fig marks a diminution compared with the revised 9.4% recorded successful March 2025, but a slight summation from the upwardly revised 8.6% reported successful February 2026.

The total fig of unemployed individuals reached 436,057. This represents a alteration of 10,632 radical year-on-year, oregon 2.4%, while besides reflecting a monthly emergence of 19,021 people, up 4.6% from February 2026.

Gender disparities successful unemployment persist, though some groups recorded betterment compared with past year. The unemployment complaint for women fell to 11.5% from 11.7% successful March 2025, while for men it declined much sharply to 6.9% from 7.5%.

By property group, youth unemployment among those aged 15 to 24 edged slightly down to 21%, compared with 21.1% a year earlier. Among radical aged 25 to 74, the complaint decreased much noticeably to 8.3% from 8.8%.

ELSTAT’s labour unit survey besides recorded 4,412,383 employed persons successful March. This is an summation of 117,047 compared with March 2025, oregon 2.7%, and a marginal emergence of 3,645 from February 2026, up 0.1%.

Meanwhile, the fig of radical under 75 who are extracurricular the labour force—those neither working nor actively seeking employment—declined to 2,876,809. This marks a driblet of 141,058 year-on-year (4.7%) and a alteration of 26,947 compared with the erstwhile period (0.9%).

Source: tovima.com