Employment in services in Greece
73.0% of employed people in Greece worked in services in 2025.
Greece, 2025
73.0%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
72.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
72.7%
Position in 2025
45th of 182
Employment in services in Greece over time
View
Greece
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.0% | 72.9% |
| 2024 | 72.7% | 72.5% |
| 2023 | 72.6% | 72.1% |
| 2022 | 73.3% | 71.6% |
| 2021 | 73.4% | 71.3% |
| 2020 | 74.7% | 71.1% |
| 2019 | 73.5% | 71.0% |
| 2018 | 72.7% | 70.9% |
| 2017 | 72.8% | 70.7% |
| 2016 | 72.7% | 70.7% |
| 2015 | 72.4% | 70.4% |
| 2014 | 71.8% | 70.1% |
| 2013 | 71.2% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | 71.0% | 69.3% |
| 2011 | 70.4% | 69.0% |
| 2010 | 68.4% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | 67.6% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | 67.0% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | 66.4% | 65.7% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | 65.4% |
| 2005 | 65.8% | 65.0% |
| 2004 | 65.7% | 64.5% |
| 2003 | 62.7% | 63.8% |
| 2002 | 62.1% | 63.2% |
| 2001 | 61.2% | 62.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 72.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 72.4%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Greece has the 45th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 72.9%.
More for Greece
All statistics for Greece
Employment in agriculture
10.7%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
16.3%
2025 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
8.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
19.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
5.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
71.0%
2025 · Eurostat