The Hellenic Statistical Authority show that the unemployment rate in March 2020 was 14.4% compared to 18.1% in March 2019 and to the downward revised 15.9% in February 2020.
The number of employed in March 2020 amounted to 3,874,437 persons. The number of unemployed amounted to 653,686 while the number of inactive increased to 3,373,369.
The number of employed persons decreased by 12,923 persons compared with March 2019 (a 0.3% rate of decrease) and by 10,263 persons compared with February 2020 (a 0.3 rate of decrease).
The number of unemployed persons decreased by 203,288 persons compared with March 2019 (a 23.7% rate of decrease) and by 79,397 persons compared with February 2020 (a 10.8% rate of decrease).
