# EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2025

All 136 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unmet_medical_need_share`
- Unit: %
- 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).
- Source: 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) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unmet-need-for-medical-care/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Voreio Aigaio | 13.4 |
| 2 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 13.2 |
| 2 | Dytiki Elláda | 13.2 |
| 2 | Dytiki Makedonia | 13.2 |
| 5 | Peloponnisos | 12.1 |
| 6 | Attiki | 11.8 |
| 7 | Ionia Nisia | 11.6 |
| 8 | Thessalia | 11.4 |
| 9 | Ipeiros | 11.3 |
| 9 | Kriti | 11.3 |
| 11 | Kentriki Makedonia | 10.2 |
| 12 | Sterea Elláda | 9.4 |
| 13 | Notio Aigaio | 9.1 |
| 14 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 9 |
| 15 | Umbria | 8.8 |
| 16 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 8 |
| 17 | Eesti | 7.7 |
| 18 | Latvija | 7.6 |
| 19 | Etelä-Suomi | 6.9 |
| 20 | Sud-Est | 5.9 |
| 21 | Warszawski stołeczny | 5.2 |
| 22 | Puglia | 4.7 |
| 23 | Podkarpackie | 4.4 |
| 24 | Severoiztochen | 4.2 |
| 25 | Wielkopolskie | 3.9 |
| 26 | Midtjylland | 3.8 |
| 26 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 3.8 |
| 26 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 3.8 |
| 29 | Southern | 3.6 |
| 30 | Nord-Est | 3.5 |
| 31 | Sud-Muntenia | 3.4 |
| 31 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 3.4 |
| 33 | Basilicata | 3.3 |
| 33 | Sardegna | 3.3 |
| 33 | Toscana | 3.3 |
| 33 | Zachodniopomorskie | 3.3 |
| 37 | Nordjylland | 3.2 |
| 37 | Sicilia | 3.2 |
| 37 | Śląskie | 3.2 |
| 37 | Sostinės regionas | 3.2 |
| 41 | Castilla-La Mancha | 3.1 |
| 41 | Opolskie | 3.1 |
| 41 | Sjælland | 3.1 |
| 44 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 3 |
| 44 | La Rioja | 3 |
| 44 | Syddanmark | 3 |
| 47 | Dolnośląskie | 2.9 |
| 48 | Campania | 2.8 |
| 49 | Eastern and Midland | 2.7 |
| 50 | Lombardia | 2.6 |
| 50 | Östra Mellansverige | 2.6 |
| 50 | Stredné Slovensko | 2.6 |
| 53 | Calabria | 2.5 |
| 53 | Małopolskie | 2.5 |
| 53 | Nord-Vest | 2.5 |
| 53 | Norra Mellansverige | 2.5 |
| 53 | Västsverige | 2.5 |
| 53 | Zahodna Slovenija | 2.5 |
| 59 | Galicia | 2.4 |
| 59 | Mellersta Norrland | 2.4 |
| 61 | Budapest | 2.3 |
| 61 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 2.3 |
| 63 | Aragon | 2.2 |
| 63 | Centru | 2.2 |
| 63 | Lazio | 2.2 |
| 63 | Lubuskie | 2.2 |
| 63 | Pomorskie | 2.2 |
| 68 | Abruzzo | 2.1 |
| 68 | Andalusia | 2.1 |
| 70 | Castile and León | 2 |
| 70 | Grad Zagreb | 2 |
| 70 | Hovedstaden | 2 |
| 70 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 2 |
| 70 | Navarre | 2 |
| 70 | Stockholm | 2 |
| 76 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1.9 |
| 76 | Sydsverige | 1.9 |
| 76 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 1.9 |
| 79 | Cantabria | 1.8 |
| 79 | Pest | 1.8 |
| 79 | Valencian Community | 1.8 |
| 82 | Észak-Magyarország | 1.7 |
| 82 | Lubelskie | 1.7 |
| 82 | Podlaskie | 1.7 |
| 85 | Łódzkie | 1.6 |
| 85 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 1.6 |
| 87 | Canary Islands | 1.5 |
| 87 | Community of Madrid | 1.5 |
| 87 | Piemonte | 1.5 |
| 87 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 1.5 |
| 87 | Świętokrzyskie | 1.5 |
| 92 | Veneto | 1.4 |
| 92 | Vest | 1.4 |
| 94 | Molise | 1.3 |
| 95 | Ceuta | 1.2 |
| 95 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 1.2 |
| 95 | Liguria | 1.2 |
| 95 | Northern and Western | 1.2 |
| 99 | Asturias | 1.1 |
| 99 | Extremadura | 1.1 |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 1.1 |
| 99 | Marche | 1.1 |
| 99 | Melilla | 1.1 |
| 99 | Övre Norrland | 1.1 |
| 99 | Severen tsentralen | 1.1 |
| 99 | Západné Slovensko | 1.1 |
| 107 | Praha | 1 |
| 108 | Balearic Islands | 0.9 |
| 108 | Catalonia | 0.9 |
| 108 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 0.9 |
| 108 | Közép-Dunántúl | 0.9 |
| 108 | Panonska Hrvatska | 0.9 |
| 113 | Basque Country | 0.8 |
| 113 | Dél-Alföld | 0.8 |
| 113 | Emilia-Romagna | 0.8 |
| 113 | Észak-Alföld | 0.8 |
| 113 | Severozapaden | 0.8 |
| 113 | Yugoiztochen | 0.8 |
| 119 | Småland med öarna | 0.7 |
| 120 | Region of Murcia | 0.6 |
| 120 | Severozápad | 0.6 |
| 120 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 0.6 |
| 123 | Dél-Dunántúl | 0.5 |
| 123 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 0.5 |
| 125 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 0.4 |
| 125 | Střední Čechy | 0.4 |
| 125 | Východné Slovensko | 0.4 |
| 128 | Severovýchod | 0.3 |
| 129 | Střední Morava | 0.2 |
| 130 | Bratislavský kraj | 0.1 |
| 130 | Jihozápad | 0.1 |
| 130 | Kýpros | 0.1 |
| 130 | Malta | 0.1 |
| 130 | Moravskoslezsko | 0.1 |
| 130 | Yugozapaden | 0.1 |
| 136 | Jihovýchod | 0 |