One in four Greek households cannot afford to provide adequate heating for their families, according to Eurostat.
The findings came as part ot an annual survey the statistic agency conducts throughout the European Union countries, regarding income and living conditions.
The data revealed that approximately 25.7 percent of Greeks in 2017 were unable to pay for keeping their homes warm during winter, lagging far behin the EU average, which stands at 7.8 percent. Only two EU countries, Bulgaria and Lithuania, fared worse than Greece, with 36.5 percent and 28.9 percent of the households, respectively, being unable to afford heating. Cyprus and Portugal fared slightly better, with 23 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
In contrast, Luxembourg, Finland and Sweden are the countries with the smallest percentage – about 2 per cent – of the population struggling to heat their homes.
Heating oil costs 1.025 euros per liter in Greece, while the average price in the Eurozone countries is 0.781 euros.
