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ATHENS, March 16 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate rose
to 11.9% in the fourth quarter last year from 11.6% in the third
quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed
on Thursday.
About 64% of Greece's 558,416 jobless are long-term
unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12
months, the figures showed.
Greece's highest unemployment rate was recorded in the first
quarter of 2014, when it hit 27.8%.
The latest data showed that women and young people in the
15-19 age group were most affected among the jobless.
The jobless rate for women was 15.7% versus 8.8% for men,
while for people aged 15-19 it stood at 39.4%.
The statistics service has already published monthly
unemployment figures through December, which differ from
quarterly data because they are based on different samples and
are seasonally adjusted.
Quarterly figures are not seasonally adjusted.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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