Population and labour.
Who lives here. Who works. Who is looking for work.
Improving
A favourable change under this indicator’s stated rule, compared with the same period one year earlier.
Lower unemployment or debt/GDP is positive. Higher employment or a smaller trade deficit is also positive.
Green does not always mean the number increased.
Worsening
An unfavourable change under this indicator’s stated rule, compared with the same period one year earlier.
Higher unemployment or debt/GDP is negative. Inflation moving further from the dashboard’s 2% reference is also negative.
Red describes the observed change, not its cause or the country’s overall condition.
Unchanged / context needed
No improvement or deterioration is assigned. The value may be unchanged, its meaning ambiguous, or the comparison unavailable or delayed.
Imports can rise because of demand or investment, so they remain neutral. Missing or delayed comparisons also remain neutral.
Neutral does not mean good, bad, or zero.
Population is measured on 1 January. Employment rates cover residents aged 20–64. Unemployment is a share of the labour force, not all residents. Annual and monthly reporting dates remain visible.
People and work at a glance
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Understanding the age structure
Wages: minimum, average and median
Gross monthly amounts. Dates and coverage differ; these are not three directly comparable measures of the same workers. Click each value for available observations and its official source.
Population over time
Labour market over time
Employment: women and men
Same year, same age range and resident population definition for every row.
Reading the numbers correctly
A young person studying and not seeking work is outside the labour force. Youth unemployment is therefore not the share of all young people without a job.
Age dependency is a demographic ratio. Many people aged 15–64 are not employed, and some people aged 65+ still work. It is not a count of pensioners supported by each worker.
The 2021 Labour Force Survey methodology change and census revisions can interrupt comparability. Source flags are retained; flagged comparisons receive a neutral interpretation.
Labour Force Survey methodology ↗Work, births and deaths over time
Employed and unemployed: percentage of residents aged 15+ in private households. Births and deaths: annual events as a percentage of the average total population. The four lines do not add up to 100%. The unemployment line here is not the standard unemployment rate.
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Annual values and sources
Time spent at work
Hours are averages, not percentages. More hours do not automatically mean better pay or wellbeing. The total is not the simple average of full-time and part-time work.
Actual hours in the main job among people aged 20–64 who worked during the reference week, including self-employed people. Differences in part-time employment affect the overall average. These are not contractual hours or a measure of productivity.
When unemployment lasts
People unemployed for at least a year, in four separate duration groups. Annual estimates, not the latest monthly unemployment count.
Greece population, employment and unemployment
Explore Greece’s population, age structure, employment and unemployment, including regional demographic trends and official source definitions.
Greece OS is an independent application presenting public data, not an official government website. Reporting periods differ by indicator. The interactive dashboards show available observations, definitions and sources.