More than one in five Europeans worked during weekends last year

Some 21.3% of employed citizens across the European Union regularly worked during weekends in 2025, new data from Eurostat has found.

Working at weekends was most common among service and sales workers, where nearly half (47.6%) reported working weekends. A similar share was recorded among skilled workers in agriculture, forestry and fisheries (47.2%). Those in elementary occupations, such as teaching roles, also showed a notable level of weekend work, at 25.7%.

Some 18.5% of employees said that they ‘usually’ worked during weekends, with the share much higher among self-employed people: 45.8% for those with employees (employers) and 35.9% for those without employees (own-account workers), as well as 45.1% among contributing family workers.

Country by country

On a country-by-country basis, Greece recorded the highest share of employees working weekends, at 31.5%, followed closely by Cyprus (31.3%) and Malta (29.2%).

At the other end of the scale, Lithuania reported a rate of just 3.0% weekend workers, with Poland at 4.2% and Hungary at 6.2%.

Among self-employed people (with employees), Greece again recorded the highest share of weekend work at 75.0%. Belgium and France followed with 65.9% and 61.0% respectively. The lowest shares in this category were observed in Hungary (9.9%), Slovakia (15.0%) and Poland (15.1%). Read more here.

Percentage of Employees Working Regularly at Weekends – 2025 (%)

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