{"id":5207,"date":"2025-03-21T04:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/unemployment-drops-5-6-in-february-dypa-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T04:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:41:56","slug":"unemployment-drops-5-6-in-february-dypa-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/unemployment-drops-5-6-in-february-dypa-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment drops 5.6% in February, DYPA reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264725\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/812c722e619927fa40ceeec9bcc6282f_GRE28521056-1-320x200.jpg?v=1738425802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/812c722e619927fa40ceeec9bcc6282f_GRE28521056-1.jpg?v=1738425802\" alt=\"Unemployment drops 5.6% in February, DYPA reports\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/812c722e619927fa40ceeec9bcc6282f_GRE28521056-1-960x600.jpg?v=1738425803\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>File photo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Registered unemployment totaled 960,134 in February, down 5.6% from February 2024 and down 2.2% in comparison with January 2024, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) said in a report released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that 47.5% of registered unemployed (456,015) were long-term unemployed, 343,637 (35.8%) were men and 616,497 (64.2%) women.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-44 age group recorded the highest number of unemployed (300,797 or 31.3%). Among the country\u2019s regions, Attica and Central Macedonia recorded the highest numbers (284,997 and 179,053 respectively). The number of people receiving unemployment benefits totaled 257,492 in February.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1264725\/unemployment-drops-5-6-in-february-dypa-reports\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo. Registered unemployment totaled 960,134 in February, down 5.6% from February 2024 and down 2.2% in comparison with January 2024, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) said in a report released on Thursday. The report said that 47.5% of registered unemployed (456,015) were long-term unemployed, 343,637 (35.8%) were men and 616,497 (64.2%) women. 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