Greek unemployment rate fell to 23.3 pct in April this year, from 23.7 pct in March and 25.3 pct in April 2015, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday.
The statistics service, in a report, said that the number of unemployed totaled 1,115,443 in April, down 7.5 pct from the same month last year and 1.8 pct lower compared with March 2016. The number of employed people grew 3.0 pct to 3,676,880 in April, from April 2015, and edged 0.7 pct up from March this year.
The unemployment rate among women was 28.2 pct in April from 29 pct in April last year, while among men it fell to 19.3 pct from 22.2 pct. The unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group fell to 47.4 pct in April from 51.7 pct in April last year, followed by the 25-34 age group (29.4 pct from 32.8 pct), the 35-44 age group (20.5 pct from 22.2 pct), the 45-54 age group (19.5 pct from 20.5 pct), but rose in the 55-64 age group (to 19.3 pct from 17.2 pct) and in the 65-74 age group (to 12.5 pct from 10.7 pct).
Among the country’s regions, Epirus-Western Macedonia recorded the highest unemployment rate (27.6 pct in April from 26.8 pct last year), followed by Thessaly-Central Greece (26.9 pct from 26.2 pct), Macedonia-Thrace (25.1 pct from 25.6 pct), Crete (23.5 pct from 24.3 pct), Peloponese-Western Greece-Ionian Islands (23.1 pct from 25.3 pct), Attica (22.5 pct form 25.7 pct) and Aegean (15.4 pct from 16.1 pct).
Read more here.
RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations , Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report
