economy
More than a fifth of employees in the EU work on weekends: It's hardest in these sectors
Among low-skilled workers, the proportion of those who also work on weekends is 25.7 percent.
TL;DR
- 21.3% of EU employees regularly work on weekends.
- Services and agriculture have the highest rates of weekend work (47.6% and 47.2% respectively).
- 25.7% of low-skilled workers work on weekends.
- Self-employed individuals are more likely to work weekends than those in employment (45.8% for employers, 35.9% for own account workers).
- Greece (31.5%), Cyprus (31.3%), and Malta (29.2%) have the highest rates of weekend workers.
- Lithuania (3%), Poland (4.2%), and Hungary (6.2%) have the lowest rates of weekend workers.