The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Wednesday that the Greek unemployment rate in March 2011 was 16.2% compared to 11.6% in March 2010 and 15.9% in February 2011.
According to the announcement, the number of employed amounted to 4,185,325 persons while the number of unemployed amounted to 811,340 and the number of inactive to 4,335,461.
The number of employed decreased by 238,574 persons compared with March 2010 (a 5.4% rate of decrease) and increased by 7,013 persons compared with February 2011 (a 0.2% rate of increase).
Unemployed increased by 232,617 persons (a 40.2% rate of increase) compared with March 2010 and by 24,111 persons compared with February 2011 (a 3.1% rate of increase).
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