ATHENS: The Greek Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) said on Friday said the registered unemployment was unchanged in February, totaling 864,512 unemployed people, from 864,377 in January, for a 0.02% increase.
From the total of registered unemployed people, 461,000 (53.32%) were long-tern unemployed for more than 12 months, while the remaining 403,512 (46.68%) were unemployed for less than 12 months. The number of unemployed people not seeking work fell by 2.32% in February, while the number of unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits fell by 8.32%.
59.88% of registered unemployed people were women and 93.19% were Greek citizens. Registered unemployment was 1.08% in the 15-19 age group, 9.03% in the 20-24 age group, 14.22% in the 25-29 age group, 40.51% in the 30-44 age group, 21.93% in the 45-54 age group, 12.24% in the 55-64 age group and 1.0% in the above 65 age group.
