According to the latest EuroStat figures, Mediterraneans in Europe still work the longest hours in Europe compared to the their northern counterparts although the trend of working long hours has been going down. The average figure was 9.8% in 2014 and 8.4% in 2019. Most of the workers working long hours are self-employed people with 27.5% of the self-employed working long hours and just 3.4% of employees working long hours.
In 2024, an average of 6.6% of employed people aged between 24 and 64 in the EU worked long hours which means they spent at least 49 hours or more weekly in their main job. The highest rate of employed people working long hours was in Greece with 12.4%, followed by Cyprus with 10% and France with 9.9%. The lowest number of employed people working long hours were in Bulgaria with 0.4%, followed by Latvia with 1 % and Lithuania with 1.4%.
The rate in Malta is at 5% and below the EU average.
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