# Employment Rate (20-64) — Dytiki Makedonia (NUTS-2 EL53)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Dytiki Makedonia (NUTS-2 EL53) was 61.6% in 2025, down 3.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 49.4% (2015) to 64.8% (2024), averaging 56.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `GR-53.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/greece/employment-rate-20-64-dytiki-makedonia-nuts-2-el53

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 61.6% |
| 2024 | 64.8% |
| 2023 | 62.3% |
| 2022 | 58.8% |
| 2021 | 58.2% |
| 2020 | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 56.0% |
| 2018 | 54.6% |
| 2017 | 52.7% |
| 2016 | 50.4% |
| 2015 | 49.4% |
| 2014 | 51.2% |
| 2013 | 47.9% |
| 2012 | 49.2% |
| 2011 | 54.5% |
| 2010 | 60.1% |
| 2009 | 62.4% |
| 2008 | 61.3% |
| 2007 | 60.3% |
| 2006 | 59.6% |
| 2005 | 56.6% |
| 2004 | 59.7% |
| 2003 | 59.9% |
| 2002 | 61.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/GR-53.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/GR-53.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```