According to Eurostat, unemployment in Greece remains the highest in the EU (25.8% in October), with Spain (23.7% based on December) in second place.

However, on an annual basis, the unemployment rate decreased from 27.8% to 25.8%.

Furthermore, in October the number of unemployed reached 1.24 million.

The unemployment rate for men stands at 23.1%, for women 29.3% and for the group under-25 group a whopping 50.6%.