Part time employment, total in Greece
Greece: Part time employment, total was 5.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Greece, 1987–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, total in Greece is 5.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Greece peaked at 9.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 1991.
That places Greece 100th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Part time employment, total in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5.4% | — |
| 1988 | 5.4% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 4.3% | -20.4% |
| 1990 | 4.1% | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 3.8% | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 4.7% | +23.1% |
| 1993 | 4.2% | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 4.7% | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 4.6% | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 5.5% | +23.1% |
| 1999 | 5.8% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -22.4% |
| 2001 | 3.9% | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 4.3% | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 6.6% | -12.0% |
| 2025 | 5.5% | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.0% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 3 |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 3.8% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 6.4% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 5.5% | 8.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Greece?
- Part time employment, total in Greece was 5.5% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 1991.
- How does Greece rank for part time employment, total?
- Greece ranks 100th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, total (% of total employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.