Almost one in two people in Greece could not afford the cost of a one-week holiday away from home in 2025, according to Eurostat data. The rate stood at 46.6%, placing Greece second highest in the European Union, behind only Romania, where the figure reached 61.4%.
In Cyprus, 27.6% of people aged 16 and over said they could not afford one week of annual holiday. The rate was marginally higher than the EU average, which stood at 27.5%.
Luxembourg had the lowest share in the EU of people who were unable to afford a holiday, at 10.6%.
Across the European Union, the rate increased by 0.5 percentage points compared with 2024. Despite this slight year-on-year deterioration, it remained 7.7 percentage points lower than in 2015, indicating long-term improvement but also persistent inequalities between member states.
After Romania and Greece, high rates were recorded in Bulgaria and Hungary, both at 39.1%. At the other end of the scale, the lowest rates were recorded in Luxembourg at 10.6%, Sweden at 12.4% and the Netherlands at 12.8%.
Source: Eurostat
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