Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece

Greece: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.3%
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
10th
of 76 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2016
All-time low
0.2%
in 2012
Years of data
13
2004–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece, 2004–2016

00.10.20.32004201020162004: 0.271 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.276 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.317 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.279 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.271 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.193 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.179 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.168 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.164 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.292 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.318 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.31 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.32 % of rural employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural employed population in working age.

Analysis

Greece recorded 0.3% for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in 2016. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece peaked at 0.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2012.

Greece ranks 10th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Greece, 2004 to 2016.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
2004 0.3%
2005 0.3% +1.9%
2006 0.3% +14.8%
2007 0.3% -12.0%
2008 0.3% -2.9%
2009 0.2% -29.0%
2010 0.2% -7.1%
2011 0.2% -5.8%
2012 0.2% -2.7%
2013 0.3% +78.4%
2014 0.3% +8.8%
2015 0.3% -2.5%
2016 0.3% +3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 6
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Greece was 0.3% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2012.
How does Greece rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Greece ranks 10th out of 76 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
76 places, 1,013 data points, 1980–2021
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