Unemployment at 10.2%
Greek unemployment jumped to 10.2 pct of the workforce in December 2009, from 8.9 pct in December 2008 and 10.6 pct in November 2009, the National Statistical Service said on Friday.
The statistics service, in a report, said the number of unemployed people totaled 505,110 in December, up 16.3 pct from a year earlier, while the financially non-active population totaled 4,323,071. The number of employed people totaled 4,457,657 in December 2009, down 0.1 pct from December 2008.
The statistics service said unemployment among women was more than double compared with that among men (14.8 pct and 6.9 pct respectively), while the age group between 15 and 24 years old (28.9 pct) recorded the highest unemployment rate
Ionian Islands (15 pct), southern Aegean (13.6 pct) and eastern Macedonia-Thrace (12.5 pct) recorded the higher unemployment rates among the country's regions, while northern Aegean (6.9 pct), western Greece (7.0 pct), the Peloponese (8.4 pct) and Attica (9.2 pct) the lowest rates.
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