<p><keyword id="6357856" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="greece">Greece</keyword>'s jobless rate <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/08/us-greece-unemployment-idUSBRE9770C020130808">climbed to 27.6% in May</a>, a new record high.</p>
<p>Amid unpopular austerity measures like wage cuts and tax hikes, Greece's figure is more than double the 12.1% average June rate in the <keyword id="6490096" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Eurozone">eurozone</keyword>, Reuters reports.</p>
<p>Greece's youth population continues to struggle the most, with the jobless rate at 64.9% for those aged 15-24. For the 25-34 crowd, the rate was 37.7%.</p>
<p>This chart <a href="https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/365446888213848065/photo/1">via Reuters' Pedro da Costa</a> shows just how bad the situation has gotten.</p>
<p><div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/52039e5b69beddcb73000006-800-501/chart-838.jpg" border="0" alt="greece unemployment rate" /><p class="source"><a href="https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/365446888213848065/photo/1">Reuters</a></p></div></div></div></p>

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Greece's Unemployment Nightmare Continues To Get Worse

Greece's jobless rate climbed to 27.6% in May, a new record high. Amid unpopular austerity measures like wage cuts and tax hikes, Greece's figure is more than double the 12.1% average June rate in the eurozone, Reuters reports. Greece's youth population continues to struggle the most, with the jobless rate at 64.9% for those aged 15-24. For the 25-34 crowd, the rate was 37.7%. This chart via Reuters' Pedro da Costa shows just how bad the situation has gotten. Reuters

Greeces jobless rate climbed to 27. 6 in May, a new record high.

Greece's Unemployment Nightmare Continues To Get Worse

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