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
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Ionian Islands | 16.2% | 2024 |
| 2 | Central Macedonia | 12.8% | 2024 |
| 3 | Western Macedonia | 12.5% | 2024 |
| 4 | Eastern Macedonia & Thrace | 11.6% | 2024 |
| 5 | Epirus | 10.7% | 2024 |
| 6 | Western Greece | 10.1% | 2024 |
| 7 | Thessaly | 10% | 2024 |
| 8 | South Aegean | 9.9% | 2024 |
| 9 | Attica | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 10 | Central Greece | 8.6% | 2024 |
| 11 | Crete | 8.6% | 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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