Unemployment - Greece
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Greece is 27.9 (%) with a global rank of 12.
Greece compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Greece is similar to that of Mauritania, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Namibia, Lesotho, Spain, South Africa, West Bank and Gaza with a respective Unemployment of 31.0, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.4, 26.5, 26.3, 24.9, 23.0 (%) and a global rank of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.Last 10 years averageGreece had an average Unemployment of 13.3 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Greece during the Great RecessionGreece's Unemployment had a positive growth of 2.17% during the Great RecessionGreece since the end of the Great RecessionGreece's Unemployment had a positive growth of 197% since the end of the Great Recession
Greece compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Greece is similar to that of Mauritania, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Namibia, Lesotho, Spain, South Africa, West Bank and Gaza with a respective Unemployment of 31.0, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.4, 26.5, 26.3, 24.9, 23.0 (%) and a global rank of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.Last 10 years averageGreece had an average Unemployment of 13.3 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Greece during the Great RecessionGreece's Unemployment had a positive growth of 2.17% during the Great RecessionGreece since the end of the Great RecessionGreece's Unemployment had a positive growth of 197% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 7.70 |
1992 | 7.80 |
1993 | 9.00 |
1994 | 8.90 |
1995 | 9.10 |
1996 | 9.70 |
1997 | 9.60 |
1998 | 10.80 |
1999 | 11.70 |
2000 | 11.10 |
2001 | 10.20 |
2002 | 10.30 |
2003 | 9.40 |
2004 | 10.50 |
2005 | 9.90 |
2006 | 9.20 |
2007 | 8.30 |
2008 | 7.70 |
2009 | 9.40 |
2010 | 12.50 |
2011 | 17.40 |
2012 | 24.30 |
2013 | 27.90 |
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Mauritania | 7 | 31.0 |
Kosovo | 8 | 30.9 |
American Samoa | 9 | 29.8 |
Macedonia | 10 | 28.6 |
Maldives | 11 | 28.0 |
Greece | 12 | 27.9 |
Namibia | 13 | 27.4 |
Lesotho | 14 | 26.5 |
Spain | 15 | 26.3 |
South Africa | 16 | 24.9 |
West Bank and Gaza | 17 | 23.0 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators