The figure is also 6.1 percentage points higher than the average in Central and Eastern European and Balkan EU member states. Overall, employed people aged 15 to 64 in Greece worked an average of 41 hours per week in their main job in 2025, compared with an EU average of 37.7 hours, according to the report. Despite some progress in recent years, the report said Greece continues to record among the longest working hours in the EU. In 2025, they worked an average of 47.2 hours per week, compared with an EU average of 41.9 hours. That was nearly eight hours more than the EU average of 35.3 hours and substantially higher than averages recorded in Southern European, Central and Eastern European, and Balkan economies.