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Greece Tops EU in Long Working Hours: 20.9%

10/9/2025

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Greece leads the EU in long hours: 20.9% of workers aged 20-64 exceed 45 hours weekly, versus 10.8% EU average.
Cyprus (16.6%) and Malta (14.6%) follow; Bulgaria (2.5%), Latvia (4.1%), Romania (5.9%) have the lowest overtime.
Most EU workers (72.3%) clock 20–44 hours; 16.9% are part-time, led by the Netherlands (26.8%) and Austria (25.3%), while Greece is 6.1%.

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Greece leads the EU in long hours: 20.9% of workers aged 20-64 exceed 45 hours weekly, versus 10.8% EU average.
Cyprus (16.6%) and Malta (14.6%) follow; Bulgaria (2.5%), Latvia (4.1%), Romania (5.9%) have the lowest overtime.
Most EU workers (72.3%) clock 20–44 hours; 16.9% are part-time, led by the Netherlands (26.8%) and Austria (25.3%), while Greece is 6.1%.