Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Sostinės regionas

Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Sostinės regionas was 3.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 2.1 pts from 2024.

20253.2% Provisional

Change on 2024-2.1 pts

Series high5.32024

Series low0.92019

Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Sostinės regionas, 2017 to 2025

%. 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 9 values

Period	%
2025	3.2 Provisional
2024	5.3 Provisional
2023	4.9
2022	3.4
2021	2.8
2020	1.4
2019	0.9
2018	2.3
2017	1.3

Compared with Lithuania and European Union (27)

Place	2025
Sostinės regionas	3.2
Lithuania	3.3
European Union (27)	2.4

Rankings

EU countries by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) 27 places

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), Sostinės regionas, 2017 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), Sostinės regionas, 2017 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/sostines-regionas-lt01. 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), Sostinės regionas, 2017 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/sostines-regionas-lt01.

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), Sostinės regionas, 2017 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/sostines-regionas-lt01 (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), Sostinės regionas, 2017 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/sostines-regionas-lt01. 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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What is the unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Sostinės regionas?

Unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) in Sostinės regionas was 3.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 2.1 pts from 2024.

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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 Sostinės regionas?

5.3% in 2024, the highest value since 2017 in this series.

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