Jobless rate in Greece falls to 11.6% in Dec. 2022, from 12.6% a year earlier

The unemployment rate in Greece last month (December 2022), on a seasonally adjustment basis, remained at 11.6 percent, the same figure recorded in the previous month after an upwards revision.

According to figures announced by Greece’s statistics authority (EL.STAT), the number of employed in the country exceeded 4.15 million, an increase of nearly 79,000, compared with the same month in 2021 – and up by nearly 32,000 compared to the previous month.

The number of people – below the age of 75 – not considered as part of the active population were recorded at 3.119 million, out of a total population exceeding 10 million.

The latter figure was down by 1.6 percent, compared with December 2021 and down 1.3 percent compared to November 2022.