The total population of the country amounts to 10.847.855 residents.
Of these, 2.723.460 employed in the private sector, 847.089 in the public sector, while pensioners amounted to 2.654.198 of which 651.238 is under 65 years of age. The unemployed are recorded in 1.272.541.
A very interesting post made by the Professor of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Petrakis that shows what is the relationship of the Greek population with the labour market.
Work 3.5 cm. to live 11 million Greeks – 2,7 ec. pensioners, 1.3 million. the unemployed
Understand that essentially the 2.723.460 (self-employed and those with employees in the private sector), almost “live” all the rest of the 8.124.425!
And notes from the professor: “If the unemployed was of 350,000 (as before the crisis) and the pensioners up to 65 years of age still worked, then we would have another (very very good) Greek economy”.
It is obvious, that the problem is not the υπεÏδιογκωμÎνος public sector (which has shrunk), but the fact that there is high unemployment and a high rate of early retirements.
Essentially it works 33% of the population to live on 100%.
With this ratio of workers and non-workers, the country can’t go anywhere, as long as you “clip” the loans.
Of course, a debt relief will free up public resources for investments, so it is important that the “haircut”, but that alone is not enough to solve the problem of the country.
And it is obvious that the burden of development should be given to the private sector, but for that to happen and requires relevant policies.
With 23% VAT (soon-to-be 24%), tax rates to 30% and special contributions, growth in the private sector is not coming. When yes, next to you there are countries with tax rates of 10% or smaller (e.x. Bulgaria, Cyprus etc.).
Data SHOCK! So, we’re not going ANYWHERE… This is the big problem of Greece! [Table]
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