Greek unemployment drops to 9.6% in November

Jan 3 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate stood at 9.6% in November, down from 9.8% in October, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.

Seasonally adjusted data showed 454,695 people were officially unemployed.

Unemployment impacted women more than men, at the rates of 12.6% and 7.2%, respectively.

The jobless rate for young people aged 15 to 24 years dropped to 23.1% in November from 30.6% in the same month in 2023, ELSTAT said.

(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos and Marta Serafinko in Gdansk)

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