In Greece, 49% of workers say work has caused or worsened their anxiety, depression or stress.

Omissions

• The claim omits the comparative context: the EU average is 29% (EU-OSHA OSH Pulse 2025), so Greece's 49% is the highest in the EU, which strengthens rather than weakens the speaker's point.
• The exact Greece-specific figure (49%) is reported in the independent news article (Proto Thema) citing the survey; the primary EU-OSHA pages retrieved present the EU-level figures (29%) and the survey methodology, so the country-level number could not be quoted directly from the primary source in this verification.
• The claim does not specify the reference period or the source; the data come from the EU-OSHA OSH Pulse 2025 survey (fieldwork 2025), published before the session date of 2026-10-05.

Sources

• PrimaryEU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) — 'World Mental Health Day: 29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxiety'EU-OSHA reports that '29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxiety' and that 'Results show that over 40% of workers report severe time pressure, one in three feel their efforts go unnoticed and nearly 30% experience poor...' — confirming the survey and the metric 'stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work' at EU level.
• PrimaryEU-OSHA — 'OSH Pulse 2025: Mental health at work' (infographic)Infographic presenting 'selected EU-level findings from the OSH Pulse 2025 survey, commissioned by EU-OSHA' on mental health at work, including psychosocial risk factors and work-related stress.
• SecondaryProto Thema (English edition) — 'Greece tops Europe for share of workers suffering from stress, depression or anxiety'"In fact, in Greece, almost half of all workers (49%) report suffering from stress, depression or anxiety that is either caused or aggravated by work."
• SecondaryHelsinki Times — 'Finland records EU's second-highest rate of work-related stress and anxiety'"Across the EU, 29% of workers reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or worsened by work. The findings come from the OSH Pulse 2025..." and the headline that Finland has the EU's 'second-highest rate', implying another country (Greece) ranks first.