EU
Greece
~33%
Work in exposed occupations
~1.41 m · estimate · 2025
7.4%
Unemployment
−0.5 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
15.6%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
1.8%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
71.0%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
9%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.58
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
4.33 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
GreeceEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Greece
- 51Not exposed
- 17Minimal
- 6Low
- 10Medium
- 8High
- 8Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
−0.4%
Change 2025→2035
1.26 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
1.28 m
Replacement demand
−21 k
Expansion
- Personal care workers+43.9%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals+35.4%
- Information and communications technology professionals+32.0%
- Refuse workers and other elementary workers+28.3%
- Electrical and electronic trades workers+27.1%
- Information and communications technicians+17.2%
- Customer services clerks−13.3%
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers−24.0%
- Health associate professionals−24.3%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−39.4%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−40.2%
- Other clerical support workers−47.5%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
7%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
39%
of skills will change
global: 39%
83%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.