The unemployment rate in Greece in June 2020 was 18.3% compared to the downward revised 17.1% in June 2019 and to the upward revised 17.3% in May 2020.
The number of employed in June 2020 amounted to 3.744.630 persons. The number of unemployed amounted to 836,637 while the number of inactive amounted to 3.312.753.
The number of employed persons decreased by 174.217 persons compared with June 2019 (a 4.4% rate of decrease) and increased by 11.640 persons compared with May 2020 (a 0.3% rate of increase).
The number of unemployed persons increased by 27.091 persons compared with June 2019 (a 3.3% rate of increase) and by 58.146 persons compared with May 2020 (a 7.5% rate of increase).
The number of inactive persons, i.e., persons that neither work nor look for a job, increased by 108.669 persons compared with June 2019 (a 3.4% rate of increase) and decreased by 2.265 persons compared with May 2020 (a 2.1% rate of decrease).
