Wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece

Greece: Wage workers, aged 25-64 was 0.7% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.7%
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
59th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2016
All-time low
0.5%
in 1984
Years of data
14
1984–2016

Wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece, 1984–2016

00.20.40.61984200020161984: 0.491 % of employed population aged 25-642004: 0.637 % of employed population aged 25-642005: 0.656 % of employed population aged 25-642006: 0.65 % of employed population aged 25-642007: 0.647 % of employed population aged 25-642008: 0.659 % of employed population aged 25-642009: 0.668 % of employed population aged 25-642010: 0.669 % of employed population aged 25-642011: 0.665 % of employed population aged 25-642012: 0.664 % of employed population aged 25-642013: 0.651 % of employed population aged 25-642014: 0.662 % of employed population aged 25-642015: 0.665 % of employed population aged 25-642016: 0.685 % of employed population aged 25-64

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population aged 25-64.

Analysis

In 2016, wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece stood at 0.7%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece peaked at 0.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1984.

That places Greece 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 6
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 56 Uruguay 0.7% compare
  2. 57 Mexico 0.7% compare
  3. 58 Türkiye 0.7% compare
  4. 60 Sri Lanka 0.7% compare
  5. 61 Mongolia 0.7% compare
  6. 62 Brazil 0.7% compare

See the full ranking of 105 places →

More reference data data for Greece

All data for Greece →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece?
Wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece was 0.7% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 25-64 recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 25-64 recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1984.
How does Greece rank for wage workers, aged 25-64?
Greece ranks 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage workers, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Wage workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece. Statizoid. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-25-64-percent-of-employed-population-aged-25-64/greece/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-workers-aged-25-64-percent-of-employed-population-aged-25-64/greece/">Wage workers, aged 25-64 in Greece</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,488 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed