OECD: Why Young Greeks Struggle to Gain Independence

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Young people in Greece face significant challenges as they try to achieve personal and financial independence, according to a recent OECD report, despite the country’s economic growth consistently outperforming the eurozone average in recent years. Greece’s economy grew by 2.1% in 2025, compared with 1.3% for the eurozone.

The employment rate among young people aged 15–29 increased from 26% in 2013 to 36% in 2025, while youth unemployment fell from a peak of 48.7% in 2013 to 16.5% in 2025.

However, youth employment in Greece remains well below the OECD and EU averages, which stood at 55% and 50%, respectively, in 2025. This puts Greece second from the bottom in the OECD ranking, ahead of only Italy.

Youth unemployment in Greece also remained the third highest among OECD countries, after Spain and Sweden, at 16.5% in 2025.

That figure is significantly higher than the OECD average of 8.9% and the EU average of 11.7%. Unemployment rates are high across all younger age groups and among the working-age population as a whole.