Recently, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) reported that Greece's unemployment rate decreased from 18.2% in March 2013 and 19.8% in April of last year to 17.6% of the labor force. This is the lowest record since June 2011.
The total number of unemployed in April was 83,858, down from 107,290 in the same month of 2018, a decrease of 11.4%.
The unemployment rate for women decreased from 24.4% in April 2018 to 21.7%, while for men it fell from 16.1% to 14.5%. The unemployment rate for young people aged 15-24 dropped from 40.3% last year to 30.4% in April.
At the same time, according to the Labor Ministry's IT system "Ergani", employment in the private sector in Greece increased in June, primarily due to a positive balance between new jobs and layoffs for locals. During the six-month period from January to June 2019, the total number of job positions was 1,419,602, while the total number of layoffs was 1,123,136. These figures left 296,466 vacant job positions in the first half of this year.