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Registered Unemployment down 4.4% in October

November 21, 2023

ATHENS – Registered unemployment totaled 900,297 in October, down 4.4% compared with the same month in 2022, but up 7.6% in comparison with September 2023, Public Manpower Authority (DYPA) said on Monday.

The report said that a total of 492,597 registered unemployed (54.7% of total) were long-term unemployed. The unemployment rate among men was 34.4% and among women 65.6%. The 30-44 age group recorded the biggest number of registered unemployment (291,111 or 32.3%).

The number of people receiving unemployment benefit was 118,497 in October, up 3.9% from October 2022 and down 34.6% from September 2023.

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