Greece and Cyprus: 11.5% and 0.1% of people go without the medical care they needed
2025 survey, people aged 16+: care was needed but too expensive, too far or the wait too long. Greece ranks first of 30 European countries, Cyprus last together with Malta. In 2010: 5.5% and 4.1%.
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Two countries sharing a language and a similar 2010 have moved to opposite ends of Europe: in Greece one adult in nine went without needed care, in Cyprus almost no one. It is self-reported: people say themselves that they needed care and did not get it.
Lines: share of people aged 16+ who went without needed medical care because of cost, distance or waiting lists, %.
- Greece: went without needed care % of people 16+
2010: 5.5; 2025: 11.5
Eurostat: EU-SILC, unmet needs for medical examination (hlth_silc_08)
- Cyprus: went without needed care % of people 16+
2010: 4.1; 2025: 0.1
Eurostat: EU-SILC, unmet needs for medical examination (hlth_silc_08)
Eurostat, EU-SILC, hlth_silc_08: reasons "too expensive", "too far" and "waiting list" combined, both sexes, aged 16+.
Cyprus's general health system started in 2019–2020, but the share fell already in 2015 — a coincidence in time, not a proven cause. 0.1% is rounded, so no "times" ratio. These are all adults, not only the young.
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And housing? In Greece one person in four spends over 40% of income on it, in Cyprus one in forty.