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Greece — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Greece, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
8.54%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +12.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Greece was 8.54% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 27.69% in 2013. The lowest was 7.57% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.35% per year.
Greece ranks 49 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Greece sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 66%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
8.54%
First (1991)
7.57%
Change
+12.8%
Highest
27.69%
in 2013
Lowest
7.57%
in 1991
Average
13.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.35%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.54% |
| 2024 | 10.02% |
| 2023 | 11.02% |
| 2022 | 12.43% |
| 2021 | 14.66% |
| 2020 | 15.9% |
| 2019 | 17.05% |
| 2018 | 19.18% |
| 2017 | 21.41% |
| 2016 | 23.51% |
| 2015 | 24.98% |
| 2014 | 26.71% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.