Greek Q3 unemployment falls to 9.0%

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 12/05/24 05:03 AM EST

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate fell to 9.0% in the third quarter from 9.8% in the second quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

The jobless rate for women was 11.5% versus 7.0% for men in the third quarter.

About 57%% of Greece's 482,424 jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed. (Reporting by Athina Karolidou and Antonis Pothitos in Gdansk)

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