Greek annual inflation rate is projected to slow to 7.2% in January from 7.6% in December 2022, with the inflation rate in the Eurozone projected to fall to 8.5% from 9.2%, over the same months respectively, Eurostat said in its flash estimate report. The report said that energy will continue …
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Inflation in Greece climbs to 12% in June, says EUROSTAT
Inflation in Greece jumped to 12% in June, the European statistics authority ELSTAT said on Friday The Eurozone’s annual inflation rate jumped to 8.6% in June from 8.1% in May, according to a flash estimate by Eurostat released on Friday. The EU’s statistics service, in a monthly report, said that …
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Inflation in Greece skyrockets to 9.4% in April from 8% in March
Shocking Eurostat data: Inflation in Greece skyrocketed to 9.4% in April reaching a new historic height. Inflation was 8% a month earlier, in March 2022. According to the provisional data released by the European Statistics Authority, inflation rose in the eurozone to 7.5% from 7.4% a month earlier. Looking at …
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Inflation in Greece jumped to 8% in March, says EUROSTAT
Inflation in Greece jumped to 8% in March, year-on-year, according to preliminary data released on Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 7.5% in March 2022, up from 5.9% in February. Looking at the main components of eurozone inflation, …
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January Inflation in Greece at 5.5% warns the Eurostat
With 5.5% in the European Union harmonized index, inflation in Greece can break a record after 11 years, the Eurostat announced on Wednesday, predicting a further rise in the weeks to come and the wave of price hikes is growing without stop. The Eurostat predicts that inflation will reach 5.5% …
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Inflation in Greece expected to rise to 4.3% in November, says Eurostat
Greek annual inflation rate is expected to rise to 4.3% in November from 2.8% in October, The European Statistics Authority EUROSTAT said on Tuesday. In its first estimate on the consumer price index in the Eurozone, the EU’s statistics agency said the annual inflation rate in the Eurozone is expected …
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Greece’s annual inflation rate at 3% in October, says Eurostat
Greece’s annual inflation rate is expected to jump to 3.0% in October from 1.9% in September, while the inflation rate in the Eurozone is projected to reach 4.1% from 3.4%, over the same months respectively, to a new 13-year high, Eurostat said in a report on Friday. The EU executive’s …
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Two in three 30-year-old Greeks live with their parents
Two out of three Greeks aged 18-34 live with their parents, according to recent Eurostat data. Greece ranks 6th in a list of 35 European countries where young people live under parental care. According to a recent survey by the European Statistical Office (most data date back to 2019), the …
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Greece records largest drop in property prices in EU during last 12 years
Greece recorded the largest drop in property prices and rents within the European Union between 2007 and the third quarter of 2019, data from the European Statistics Authority the Eurostat, has shown. The largest drops in house prices were observed in Greece (-40.0%), Romania (-27.2%) and Ireland (-16.7%). Regarding prices …
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Unemployment in Greece decreased to 18.1% but youth joblessness up to 40.4%
The rate of long-term unemployment in Greece has decreased to 12.5% of the unemployed workforce in the first quarter of 2019, when compared to 13.6.% in 2018 and 15.6% in 2017, the Bank of Greece said in its Monetary Policy Report on Monday. This development is important because, as the …
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Food prices in Greece 5.2% higher than EU average, telecommunication 57.6%
Food prices in Greece are above the European Union average,the European Statistics agency Eurostat said in its 2018 report. Furthermore, the country is the most expensive among the EU-28 in telecommunications, including internet connections and telecom equipment. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco prices in Greece are 3.8% lower than the European …
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Greece’s debt climbed to 181.1% of GDP in 2018, says Eurostat
Greece’s debt climbed to 181.1 percent of GDP in 2018, the largest ratio in the euro zone, EU’s statistics authority Eurostat said on Tuesday. Public debt in Greece and Italy, the two most indebted countries of the euro zone, grew last year while the bloc as a whole recorded an …
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Unemployment in Greece falls to 18% but still the highest in EU
Unemployment in Greece fell to 18% in December 2018, the European Statistics Authority Eurostat announced on Monday. Greece’s rate is the highest in the European Union and the Eurozone area. Unemployment rate among young people (aged below 25 years) rose slightly to 39.5% in December from 39.4% in November. Unemployment …
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One in four Greeks cannot afford to heat their home, finds Eurostat survey
One in four Greeks cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently, the Eurostat announced following data collected as part of the annual EU survey 2017 on income and living conditions in the bloc. Based on the report, 25.7% of Greeks said they were not able to keep their home adequately …
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Poverty in Greece increased 6.7% in 10 years, affects 4 in 10 Greeks
Almost four in ten Greeks live in poverty or in social exclusion. According to Eurostat data released on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 35% of Greeks are poor and more than 20% have “severe material deprivation.” In 2017, 112.9 million people, or 22.5% of the population in …
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Annual inflation in Greece hits 1.0 percent in June
Price hikes in food, fuel, services and other essential goods drove the annual inflation rate in Greece to 1.0 percent in June 2018, from 0.8 percent in May, the Greek Statistics Authority and the Eurostat that uses the ELSTAT data said. According to ELSTAT statement, inflation rate rose 1% between …
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Number of foreign nationals granted Greek citizenship increased by 138%
The number of foreign nationals granted citizenship in Greece recorded an increase of 138 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year, a Eurostat report said on Monday. A total of 33,210 individuals received Greek citizenship, of which 86 percent were Albanian nationals, 1.5 percent Ukrainians and 1.2 percent Russians. …
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37.5% of Greece’s children are at risk of poverty, says Eurostat
Year in, year out since 2010, the number of children at risk of poverty is continuously increasing in Greece. With 37.5 percent, Greece is tops among members of the eurozone and third after Romania and Bulgaria within the European union. Four in 10 children aged up to 17 years old …
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35.6% of Greece’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
More than one third of the Greek population is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. We have been reading this since 2012, occasionally it is been officially confirmed by European statistics authorities like the Eurostat. In the first two years of bailout agreements, the rates were below 30%. But …
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Euro area unemployment 9% – Greece constantly high at 23.5%, youth 48%
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.5% in March 2017, stable compared to February 2017 and down from 10.2% in March 2016. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since April 2009. The EU28 unemployment rate was 8.0% in March 2017, down from 8.1% in …
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