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

Ionia Nisia had the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) of 136 regions in 2022, at 14%. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest14Ionia Nisia

Lowest0Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste

Median1.6136 regions

European Union (27)2.2History

Top 40 regions, 2022

%. 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Ionia Nisia	14	+8.5 pts
2	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	11.7	+2.8 pts
3	Voreio Aigaio	11.3	+3.5 pts
4	Sterea Elláda	10.5	+5.2 pts
5	Peloponnisos	10.3	+3.7 pts
5	Sud-Est	10.3	+1.6 pts
7	Thessalia	10	+5.6 pts
8	Ipeiros	9.8	+4.4 pts
9	Kentriki Makedonia	9.5	+3 pts
10	Eesti	9.1	+1 pts
11	Dytiki Elláda	9	+3.1 pts
12	Dytiki Makedonia	8.5	+3.3 pts
13	Notio Aigaio	8.3	+1.6 pts
14	Attiki	7.8	+1 pts
15	Kriti	7.5	+2.7 pts
16	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	7.3	+3.6 pts
17	Helsinki-Uusimaa	7.2	+2.4 pts
18	Etelä-Suomi	6.5	+2 pts
19	Nord-Est	6.2	+0.2 pts
20	Stredné Slovensko	5.7	-0.4 pts
21	Sardegna	5.6	-2.8 pts
22	Latvija	5.4	+1.4 pts
23	Nord-Vest	5	+0.7 pts
24	Umbria	4.9	+1.4 pts
25	Sud-Muntenia	4.8	-1.5 pts
26	Budapest	4.6	+2.1 pts
27	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.1	+1.3 pts
27	Lubuskie	4.1	-0.2 pts
29	Wielkopolskie	4	-2 pts
30	Vzhodna Slovenija	3.9	-1.4 pts
31	Puglia	3.7	+0.8 pts
32	Southern	3.6	+0.9 pts
33	Toscana	3.5	-0.1 pts
33	Zahodna Slovenija	3.5	-0.8 pts
35	Calabria	3.4	+0.9 pts
35	Opolskie	3.4	+0.2 pts
35	Severozapaden	3.4	+1.4 pts
35	Sostinės regionas	3.4	+0.6 pts
39	Podkarpackie	3.2	-0.6 pts
40	Sud-Vest Oltenia	3	+0.4 pts
41	Centru	2.8	+1.1 pts
42	Východné Slovensko	2.7	-0.1 pts
42	Warszawski stołeczny	2.7	-1 pts
44	Dolnośląskie	2.6	+0.2 pts
44	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2.6	+0.3 pts
46	Lubelskie	2.5	0 pts
46	Sjælland	2.5	+1.3 pts
46	Sydsverige	2.5	+0.8 pts
49	Campania	2.4	+0.9 pts
49	Eastern and Midland	2.4	+0.8 pts
51	Hovedstaden	2.3	+1 pts
51	Łódzkie	2.3	-1.3 pts
51	Övre Norrland	2.3	+0.8 pts
51	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2.3	+0.1 pts
55	Basilicata	2.1	+1.5 pts
55	Grad Zagreb	2.1	-0.2 pts
57	Zachodniopomorskie	2	+0.4 pts
58	Asturias	1.9	+0.3 pts
58	Småland med öarna	1.9	+1.4 pts
60	Midtjylland	1.8	+0.5 pts
60	Nordjylland	1.8	+0.5 pts
60	Piemonte	1.8	+0.5 pts
60	Severen tsentralen	1.8	+0.8 pts
60	Syddanmark	1.8	+0.6 pts
65	Norra Mellansverige	1.7	+0.5 pts
65	Śląskie	1.7	0 pts
65	Stockholm	1.7	+0.5 pts
68	Molise	1.6	+0.2 pts
68	Northern and Western	1.6	-0.9 pts
68	Pomorskie	1.6	-0.1 pts
68	Západné Slovensko	1.6	0 pts
72	Canary Islands	1.5	+0.4 pts
72	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1.5	-1.2 pts
72	Małopolskie	1.5	+0.2 pts
72	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.5	+0.2 pts
72	Navarre	1.5	+0.2 pts
72	Podlaskie	1.5	-0.7 pts
72	Sicilia	1.5	0 pts
72	Västsverige	1.5	-0.1 pts
80	Andalusia	1.4	+0.1 pts
80	Castile and León	1.4	+0.1 pts
80	Lazio	1.4	-1.2 pts
80	Mellersta Norrland	1.4	+0.6 pts
80	Östra Mellansverige	1.4	+0.4 pts
80	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1.4	-0.3 pts
86	Abruzzo	1.3	+0.2 pts
86	Aragon	1.3	+0.3 pts
86	Catalonia	1.3	-0.2 pts
86	Community of Madrid	1.3	+0.4 pts
86	La Rioja	1.3	+0.5 pts
86	Valencian Community	1.3	+0.4 pts
92	Castilla-La Mancha	1.2	+0.1 pts
92	Panonska Hrvatska	1.2	-0.4 pts
92	Pest	1.2	-0.1 pts
92	Świętokrzyskie	1.2	-0.2 pts
92	Vest	1.2	+0.4 pts
97	Region of Murcia	1.1	+0.6 pts
97	Severoiztochen	1.1	+0.2 pts
99	Bratislavský kraj	1	+0.8 pts
99	Cantabria	1	0 pts
99	Jadranska Hrvatska	1	-0.3 pts
99	Lombardia	1	+0.2 pts
103	Galicia	0.9	-0.5 pts
103	Yuzhen tsentralen	0.9	+0.4 pts
105	Ceuta	0.8	+0.8 pts
105	Észak-Magyarország	0.8	-0.6 pts
105	Liguria	0.8	-1.1 pts
105	Veneto	0.8	-0.7 pts
109	Basque Country	0.7	0 pts
109	Észak-Alföld	0.7	+0.1 pts
109	Extremadura	0.7	-0.3 pts
109	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	0.7	-0.1 pts
109	Közép-Dunántúl	0.7	+0.2 pts
109	Marche	0.7	-0.4 pts
115	Dél-Alföld	0.6	+0.2 pts
115	Dél-Dunántúl	0.6	+0.2 pts
117	Luxembourg Series break	0.5	-0.5 pts
117	Praha	0.5	0 pts
117	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	0.5	-0.3 pts
120	Balearic Islands	0.4	-0.2 pts
120	Jihozápad	0.4	+0.2 pts
120	Yugoiztochen	0.4	-0.9 pts
123	Malta	0.3	+0.2 pts
123	Nyugat-Dunántúl	0.3	-0.8 pts
123	Severovýchod	0.3	+0.2 pts
123	Yugozapaden	0.3	-0.5 pts
127	Emilia-Romagna	0.2	-0.2 pts
127	Kýpros	0.2	0 pts
127	Melilla	0.2	-0.5 pts
127	Severozápad	0.2	-0.3 pts
127	Střední Čechy	0.2	-0.3 pts
132	Jihovýchod	0.1	-0.4 pts
132	Střední Morava	0.1	0 pts
134	Moravskoslezsko	0	-0.3 pts
134	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	0	0 pts
134	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	0	-1 pts

Other periods

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2024
2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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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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) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table

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Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by NUTS 2 region, too expensive, too far to travel or waiting list (hlth_silc_08_r), EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unmet-need-for-medical-care/eu-regions?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2022. 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/rankings/unmet-need-for-medical-care/eu-regions?period=2022.

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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), EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_08_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unmet-need-for-medical-care/eu-regions?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2022,
  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): EU regions (NUTS 2) by unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list), 2022}},
  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/rankings/unmet-need-for-medical-care/eu-regions?period=2022. 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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Which region has the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list)?

Ionia Nisia, with 14% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste, with 0% in 2022.

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