What do people do for a living in greece?

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milton b

Exactly the same things that people do everywhere else in the world.

Zoi ((Î–Ï‰Î®))

Hello from Greece
The most common job here is being a merchant, having a shop.
Of course you can find all kinds of jobs and especially jobs that demand education, because greeks are well educated (instead of what some people may believe).
There are plenty of teachers of all kinds, mathematicians, physicians, etc. I am a ligh school language and literature teacher.
There are also plenty of lawyers and many doctors.For the lawyers I've read a revealing statistic clue that I can't recall.
There are only a few farmers, our national economy isn't based on agriculture but on provided services, like transports, trade especially by sea and not only, tourism etc.
We don't have an expanded heavy industry, we don't have for example car industry, but a lot of people lives out of small companies that may produce everything.
Well, in my family we have three teachers of language and two mechanical engineers and an electronic technician. So, who do you think that wins?

Mr. Bobo

Tourism
Tourism is a major source of foreign exchange earnings. Despite concerns over infrastructure and an often controversial tourism model, Greece welcomed a record setting 16.5 million tourists in 2004. At the same time, tourism consumption increased considerably since the turn of the millennium, from US$ 17.7 bn. in 2000 to US$ 29.6 bn. in 2004. For that same year, tourism receipts accounted for 14.3% of Greeceâ€™s total GDP while the number of jobs directly or indirectly related to the tourism sector were 659,719 and represented 16.5% of the countryâ€™s total employment for that year.

In a recent report in Meeting and Incentive Travel, Greece was ranked eighth in the world in overnight stays for conferences. Figures from Tourism Satellite Accounting Research, conducted by WTTC (World Travel & Tourism Council), project a worldwide increase in revenues in business travel to Greece from US $1.51 bn. in 2001 to US $2.69 bn. in 2011. In 1998, the figure stood at US $1.18 bn.

Shipping
Greece has an ancient seafaring tradition and has built an impressive shipping industry based on its geographic location and the entrepreneurial ability of its ship owners. The Greek-owned fleet is the largest in the world with a total of 3,850 ships of over 1.000 gt capacity and a total capacity of 98.195.100 gt, translating to 15.5% of the international shipping capacity. Due to widespread use of convenience flags, the fleet flying the Greek flag is somewhat smaller but nevertheless ranks 4th in the World, representing 40% of EU fleet capacity and 5% globally. In 2004, the Greek commercial fleet contributed approximately â‚¬14 bn to the Greek economy and employed approximately 11,000 people. YEN - Hellenic Ministry of Mercantile Marine

Banking
The Greek Banking sector is an important source of employment, revenue and foreign investment for Greece. With total assets of 260bn Euros, employing 63,040 people (2005), Greek banks are among the top performers on a European level with core revenue growth (17% yoy for the combined three majors), among the highest in Europe. Benefitting from a largely deregulated -and often widely criticised- market, the five biggest banks (The National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank, EFG Eurobank Ergasias, Emporiki Bank, and Piraeus Bank) recently reported net profits after tax of 1.24 billion euros, an increase of 13.86% over the previous financial year.

Greeceâ€™s 5 largest commercial banks operate a network of 950 branches across the Balkans, employing 16,000 people there and accounting for 16% of the market share. Total assets in the Balkan banking sector amounted to 36bn euros in 2005.

Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector accounts for about 13% of GDP. Due to its abundance of high quality raw materials, including fruits and vegetables, olives and olive oil, dairy products, and other specialty items, the food industry is one of the most profitable and fastest-growing areas of manufacturing, with significant export potential. Aquaculture is for example, one of the most dynamic sectors of food industry; in particular production of sea-bass and sea-bream is the highest in the world. According to ELKE, food processing in Greece increased its output from 1995 to 2000 by 27% and the 8 billion Euro industry employed more than 130,000, accounted for about 6.5% of GDP, roughly 25% of all exports. High-technology equipment production, especially for telecommunications, is also a fast-growing sector. The ICT sector accounts for aprox 6% of GDP. Other important areas include textiles, building materials, machinery, transport equipment, and electrical appliances.

Construction
Construction activity (about 10% of GDP) has increased due to recent tax incentives.

Agriculture
Greek agriculture employs 528,000 farmers, 12% of the total labour force and produces 7% of the national GDP (about $16 billion annually).

Greece produces a wide variety of crops and livestock production.

Major crops
Cereals constitute very important crops mainly for local consumption. Older policies of the Greek state aimed at cereals production being in equilibrium with the country's annual needs. Frequent expansive and defensive ople's nutrition, were two factors that galvanised the former policy.
Wheat - Annual production of wheat reached 1.8 million tonnes in 2004 down from 2.1 million tonnes in 1964. Average yield went from 165.3 tonnes per square kilometre in 1964 to 211.3 t/kmÂ² in 2004, while the total area harvested decreased from 12,631 kmÂ² in 1964 to 8,519 kmÂ² in 2004.
Barley - Annual production of Barley reached 220,000 million tonnes in 2004 down from 242,000 million tonnes in 1964. Average yield went from 144.91 t/kmÂ² in 1964 to 224.97 t/kmÂ² in 2004. The total area harvested decreased from 1670 kmÂ² in 1964 to 978 kmÂ² in 2004.
Maize
Oil seeds
Olive
Sunflower
Soybean
Cotton
Tobacco
Potatoes
Sugar beet
Vegetables
Tomatoes
Onions
Lettuce
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Green Peppers
Cauliflower
Carrots
Cabbage
Broccoli
Fresh fruits
Citrus
Oranges
Lemons

Jens

Most of what they do in any other Industrialised First World country. I've been to Greece, went in 2006. Mostly, all I really picked up on is that doctors and lawyers are among the top professions, as they are in most of the First World, but IS harder to become one, professional school in any EU country is very very hard to get into. Also, some people hinted that it might be harder in Greece to advance economically, taxes are much higher and the cost of living in Athens is very high. The Economic Freedom index seems to imply this as Greece gets a moderate rating, not a high one as Western Europe and the US got.

That's all I really know.

Elliot S

Greece is not necasserily a old country...they have the same jobs as the USA or Canada

northmiamibeach1975

Same things people do in any other civilized country.

Or do you think they do wine and eat olives all day???

Leonarda

Whatever do anywhere else, but especially in the islands they deal with tourism..
The government and public sector is working but it is ''excess weight''too.
If you need to find an job in Greece, better as a foreigner work for the tourism

cpinatsi

Everything that they do in other countries in Europe! I don't know what preconception you have of Greece, but don't expect people to be fishermen, farmers etc.! Sure there are some of those too, but remember that more than half of the population in Greece lives in big cities, so they are public employees, constructors, engineers, doctors, teachers, workers, actors, bank employees, architects, secretaries, shop owners or salesmen, restaurant personnel, stoke brokers, vets, arcaheologists, lawyers, nurses, chemists, ....

HEC

The same as here...
The citizens have the best jobs.
However, there's more fishing overthere, and they get their illegal aliens from north of the border!

Navy Wife

Your teacher asked you to do a report on the jobs in Greece? Tell your teacher that they are an idiot and their degree should be revoked for redundancy.

yiotadelta

According to wikipedia "The principal economic activities mainly include the tourism and shipping industries, banking and finance, manufacturing and construction and telecommunications".
Check the data from the national statistical service
http://www.statistics.gr/Main_eng.asp.
Bear in mind that different areas depend on different economic sectors, i.e the islands' GDP derives from tourism.

zusje17

Well there are a lot of people here,doing a lot of different jobs.There are a lot of seamen,especially people from islands,they tend to go for this sector of occupation.Also Greek parents always "push" their children to get to the university.So we have a lot of doctors,architects,teachers etc which of course leads to having too much people who are doing the same and not everybody can get a job.We have a lot of salesmen/saleswomen in the many different shops in the many different towns.I think most people,except maybe from those who really have nothing to do with a village do engage in some sort of agricultural occupation,most Greeks have land with vineyards or olive trees or in the north of Greece there are a lot of fruit trees(peach,oranges,apples etc) and do have an income from those,it is just not their main occupation.
Hope I helped a little,good luck with your report!!!

fast.ride

Greeks do what ever all the other Europeans do but they also drink alot of coffee too..

Well, normally as in every country in this world, people work. I would say the only typical Greek thing would be the fact that many professions are passed on through generations. Like if the father is a doctor, most probably the child will.

castellllll

paint, and make damn good food = )

alemz07

everting they do here

All the things people do to have an economy.

Airpole

What people in your country do for living??

WELL, Greeks do it TOO and DO IT much better. In fact they were statistically the harder working Europeans according to Euro-stat.
Pick any profession of your country and double it. FULL STOP.