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Employment-to-population ratio in Greece

The ILO estimates that 47.5% of people aged 15 and over in Greece were employed in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2009.

Measure: Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of population aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Greece, 2025 47.5% % of population aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 47.1%
World, 2025 57.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 56.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 151st of 181 See the full ranking

Employment-to-population ratio in Greece over time

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% of population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) (% of population aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period GreeceWorld
2025 47.5% 57.9%
2024 47.1% 58.0%
2023 46.1% 58.1%
2022 45.4% 57.5%
2021 43.0% 56.7%
2020 42.1% 55.7%
2019 42.2% 57.6%
2018 41.1% 57.7%
2017 40.1% 57.7%
2016 39.1% 57.8%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 47.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38.4%, the figure has changed by +9.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Greece has the 151st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.9%.

More for Greece

All statistics for Greece
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 71.0% 2025 · Eurostat Labour force participation 52.0% 2025 · ILOSTAT 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 of women, ages 20 to 64 62.3% 2025 · Eurostat

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EMP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Greece
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates