Greece ranks first in the share of workers working more than 50 hours per week.

Omissions

• Eurostat's official indicator uses the threshold '49 hours or more per week' (long working hours), not 'more than 50 hours' as stated in the claim; the exact 50+ hour breakdown is not the published headline metric.
• The same Eurostat data set also shows Greece recording the longest average working week in the EU (39.8 hours in 2024), which reinforces the direction of the claim.
• The Eurostat data refer to 2024 and were published on 2025-08-21, before the session date of 2026-10-05.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — '6.6% of employed people worked 49 hours or more weekly'In 2024, 6.6% of employed people aged 20 to 64 in the EU worked long hours, defined as usually spending 49 hours or more weekly... Among the EU countries, Greece had the highest share of workers with long hours (12.4%), followed by Cyprus (10.0%) and France (9.9%).
• PrimaryEurostat Statistics Explained — 'Actual and usual hours of work'5.8% worked 50 hours or more per week... Among all EU countries, the longest average working weeks for own-account workers were recorded in Greece (46.3 usual hours per week).
• SecondaryGreek Reporter — 'Greeks Work Longest Hours in the EU, Eurostat Data Show'Among the EU countries, Greece had the highest share of workers working long hours (12.4 percent), followed by Cyprus (10.0 percent) and France...