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Greece’s unemployment complaint fell to 8.5% successful Feb. 2026, according to the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), marking a notable betterment from the downwardly revised 9.2% recorded successful Feb. 2025. However, the fig represents a slight uptick from the upwardly revised 7.9% registered successful Jan. 2026.
The fig of unemployed individuals stood astatine 410,506, reflecting a diminution of 26,664 radical year-on-year (a driblet of 6.1%), but an summation of 32,345 compared with Jan. 2026 (up 8.6%).
Gender disparities successful unemployment persisted, though some groups saw yearly improvements. The unemployment complaint among women fell to 11.3% from 11.9% a year earlier, while the complaint for men declined to 6.2% from 7.1%.
By property group, unemployment among young radical aged 15–24 eased slightly to 17.6%, down from 17.8% successful Feb. 2025. For those aged 25–74, the complaint dropped much importantly to 8%, compared with 8.8% a year earlier.
Employment figures painted a broadly affirmative picture. The fig of radical successful work roseate to 4,412,218, an summation of 118,997 individuals year-on-year (up 2.8%) and 8,870 compared with Jan. 2026 (up 0.2%).
Meanwhile, the fig of individuals under 75 classified arsenic extracurricular the labour force—those neither working nor seeking employment—declined to 2,906,805. This represents a alteration of 121,794 radical compared with Feb. 2025 (down 4%) and a further driblet of 45,511 from Jan. 2026 (down 1.5%).
Source: tovima.com
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