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Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Bucureşti-Ilfov

Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Bucureşti-Ilfov was 1.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.2 pts from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 8 regions in 2025.

20251.9%
Change on 2024+1.2 pts
Rank6th of 8Regions of Romania (NUTS 2) ranked
Series high14.92011
Series low0.72024
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Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025

0510152008201120142017202020252008: 8.7 %2009: 6.5 %2010: 10.2 %2011: 14.9 %2012: 9.4 %2013: 9.6 %2014: 7.3 %2015: 6.6 %2016: 6.3 %2017: 4.4 %2018: 6.3 %2019: 4.7 %2020: 4.6 %2021: 2.8 %2022: 4.1 %2023: 3.7 %2024: 0.7 %2025: 1.9 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-08.
All 18 values
Period%
20251.9
20240.7
20233.7
20224.1
20212.8
20204.6
20194.7
20186.3
20174.4
20166.3
20156.6
20147.3
20139.6
20129.4
201114.9
201010.2
20096.5
20088.7

Compared with Romania and European Union (27)

Place2025
Bucureşti-Ilfov1.9
Romania2.9
European Union (27)2.4

Rankings

Definition

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.

How to cite

Eurostat. Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r) (Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table

MLA 9

Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r), Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unmet-need-for-medical-care/bucuresti-ilfov-ro32. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r). Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unmet-need-for-medical-care/bucuresti-ilfov-ro32.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r), Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unmet-need-for-medical-care/bucuresti-ilfov-ro32 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_unmet_need_for_medical_2025,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth\_silc\_08\_r): Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), Bucureşti-Ilfov, 2008 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unmet-need-for-medical-care/bucuresti-ilfov-ro32. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth\_silc\_08\_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth\_silc\_08\_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Bucureşti-Ilfov was 1.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.2 pts from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 8 regions in 2025.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Bucureşti-Ilfov?

14.9% in 2011, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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