Recent Eurostat data has crowned Greece the “champion” of weekend labor both for salaried, as well as self-employed individuals aged 15-64 years old.
According to the published figures, the traditional weekend seems to be non-existent for much of the country’s working population.
Nearly one-third (31.5%) of Greece’s salaried employees find themselves regularly clocking in on Saturdays and Sundays. Greece is followed by Cyprus (31.3%) and Malta (29.2%), while the lowest weekend work rates for salaried employees were recorded in Lithuania (3.0%), Poland (4.2%) and Hungary (6.2%).
A harsher reality awaits Greece’s independent workforce as 75% of self-employed individuals work through the weekend. Here, Greece is followed by Belgium (65.9%) and France (61.0%), while Hungary (9.9%), Slovakia (15.0%) and Poland (15.1%) record the lowest numbers.
In the EU overall, just 18.5% of employees usually worked during weekends in 2025. This percentage was higher among the self-employed (45.8%), as well for contributing family workers (45.1%).
