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Greece — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Greece, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
51.96%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +2.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Greece was 51.96% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 52.89% in 2010. The lowest was 48.99% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.08% per year.
Greece ranks 154 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Greece sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
51.96%
First (1990)
50.54%
Change
+2.8%
Highest
52.89%
in 2010
Lowest
48.99%
in 1991
Average
51.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.08%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.96% |
| 2024 | 52.33% |
| 2023 | 51.8% |
| 2022 | 51.83% |
| 2021 | 50.33% |
| 2020 | 50.06% |
| 2019 | 50.86% |
| 2018 | 50.8% |
| 2017 | 51.02% |
| 2016 | 51.15% |
| 2015 | 51.2% |
| 2014 | 51.23% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.