Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list)
Share of people aged 16 and over who say that in the previous 12 months they needed a medical examination or treatment and did not get it because it was too expensive, too far to travel or the waiting list was too long (EU statistics on income and living conditions, EU-SILC).
Self-reported, and measured over everyone aged 16 and over, not only those who needed care. Dental care is asked separately and is not included. The reference year is the survey year.
Key facts
- Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in the European Union (27) was 2.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Greece had the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 11.5%, and Malta the lowest, at 0.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 164 places, with figures from 2008 to 2025.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Sweden (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Denmark (NUTS 2)
EU countries by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
- Estonia
- Slovakia
- Croatia
Regions and states
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Veneto
- Sicilia
- Emilia-Romagna
- Ceuta
- Melilla
- Castilla-La Mancha
- Attiki
- Extremadura
- Galicia
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"unmet_medical_need_share","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=unmet_medical_need_share&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)