Highest Unemployment Rates by Greek Region, 2024

Greek regions by unemployment among ages 15–74; percent of labour force, 2024.

What the Data Shows

The comparison covers unemployment rate among people aged 15–74 across 13 Greek regions for 2024. The rate is unemployed people aged 15–74 as a percentage of the labour force of the same age. Ionian Islands ranks first at 16.2%, ahead of Central Macedonia at 12.8%. North Aegean records the lowest included value at 7.1%, a range of 9.1 percentage points from the leader.

Data table

Unit: percent of labour force aged 15–74 · Period: 2024

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Ionian Islands16.2%2024
2Central Macedonia12.8%2024
3Western Macedonia12.5%2024
4Eastern Macedonia & Thrace11.6%2024
5Epirus10.7%2024
6Western Greece10.1%2024
7Thessaly10%2024
8South Aegean9.9%2024
9Attica9.1%2024
10Central Greece8.6%2024
11Crete8.6%2024

Sources

Source 1: Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2025 — Labour market

Publisher: Eurostat

Dataset/table: Unemployment rate

Units: percent of labour force aged 15–74

Date checked: 2026-07-15

Evidence: Provides unemployment rate among people aged 15–74 for the Greek regions in 2024.

Data notes & caveats

The rate is unemployed people aged 15–74 as a percentage of the labour force of the same age. The page retains all 13 eligible Greek regions, while the graphic focuses on 11.

Methodology

Eurostat’s 2025 Regional Yearbook supplies unemployment rate among people aged 15–74 for the included Greek regions. All values use the common 2024 reference period and percent of labour force aged 15–74 basis, and are ordered highest to lowest using unrounded figures.

Source consistency notes

All included values use the same Eurostat source family, 2024 reference period, regional level and percent of labour force aged 15–74 basis. No Greek area is supplemented from another source family.

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