Greek Unemployment Fell to 8.1% in August, Lowest in a Year

Unemployment successful Greece fell to 8.1% successful August 2025, down from a revised 9.7% successful August 2024 and 8.3% successful July 2025, according to information released by the Greek Statistic Authority (ELSTAT).

The fig of unemployed stood astatine 383,788, marking a diminution of 72,352 radical compared with August 2024 (a driblet of 15.9%) and 11,542 less than successful July 2025 (down 2.9%).

By gender, the unemployment complaint among women was 10.6%, compared with 11.8% a year earlier, while among men it fell to 6.1% from 8%.

Looking astatine property groups, unemployment among 15–24 year-olds roseate to 19% from 17.2% successful August 2024, while successful the 25–74 property radical it dropped to 7.5% from 9.3%.

The fig of employed reached 4,337,315, up by 79,288 radical year-on-year (+1.9%), but slightly little than successful July 2025 by 2,331 radical (-0.1%).

Meanwhile, the fig of radical under 75 years aged who are extracurricular the labour unit – those neither working nor actively seeking work – totaled 3,025,161. This represents a alteration of 35,078 compared with August 2024 (-1.1%), but an summation of 11,556 from July 2025 (+0.4%).

Source: tovima.com