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

Dytiki Elláda had the highest unmet need for medical care (cost, distance or waiting list) of 136 regions in 2024, at 14.5%. Jihozápad had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 1.9% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest14.5Dytiki Elláda

Lowest0Jihozápad

Median1.9136 regions

European Union (27)2.5History

Top 40 regions, 2024

%. 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	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Dytiki Elláda	14.5	+1.7 pts
2	Ionia Nisia	14.2	0 pts
3	Attiki	13.4	+3.1 pts
4	Umbria	13	+3.4 pts
5	Ipeiros	12.3	+0.5 pts
6	Dytiki Makedonia	11.2	-1.9 pts
6	Kentriki Makedonia	11.2	-1.2 pts
8	Sterea Elláda	11.1	-0.4 pts
9	Notio Aigaio	11	-1 pts
9	Thessalia	11	+0.3 pts
11	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	10.9	-4.7 pts
12	Voreio Aigaio	10.6	-2.7 pts
13	Peloponnisos	10	-3.1 pts
14	Kriti	9	-1.2 pts
15	Helsinki-Uusimaa	8.7	-0.2 pts
16	Eesti	8.5	-4.4 pts
17	Etelä-Suomi	8.4	-0.4 pts
17	Latvija	8.4	+0.6 pts
19	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	8	+0.7 pts
20	Wielkopolskie	6.7	+2.1 pts
21	Puglia	5.5	+1.6 pts
22	Podkarpackie	5.3	+1.6 pts
22	Sostinės regionas Provisional	5.3	+0.4 pts
24	Dolnośląskie	5.2	+0.5 pts
24	Sud-Est	5.2	-5.3 pts
26	Warszawski stołeczny	5	-1.4 pts
27	Opolskie	4.9	+0.8 pts
28	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.6	-0.4 pts
29	Sardegna	4.2	-4.6 pts
30	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.1	+1.5 pts
31	Midtjylland	3.9	+1.6 pts
32	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Provisional	3.8	+0.4 pts
32	Vzhodna Slovenija	3.8	-0.4 pts
34	Pomorskie	3.7	+1.1 pts
35	Navarre	3.6	+1.4 pts
36	Sjælland	3.4	+0.1 pts
36	Zachodniopomorskie	3.4	+0.7 pts
38	Nord-Est	3.3	-3.7 pts
38	Southern	3.3	+0.4 pts
40	Lubuskie	3.2	+0.2 pts
40	Sydsverige	3.2	0 pts
42	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.1	+0.4 pts
43	Eastern and Midland	3	+0.2 pts
43	Hovedstaden	3	+0.2 pts
43	Małopolskie	3	+0.5 pts
43	Sicilia	3	+1.2 pts
43	Zahodna Slovenija	3	-0.4 pts
48	Nordjylland	2.9	-0.4 pts
49	La Rioja	2.8	+0.6 pts
49	Śląskie	2.8	+0.2 pts
51	Community of Madrid	2.7	+0.9 pts
51	Stredné Slovensko	2.7	-3.4 pts
51	Świętokrzyskie	2.7	-0.5 pts
51	Västsverige	2.7	+0.8 pts
55	Calabria	2.6	+0.2 pts
55	Castilla-La Mancha	2.6	+0.4 pts
57	Campania	2.3	+0.1 pts
57	Severen tsentralen	2.3	+0.2 pts
57	Sud-Muntenia	2.3	-2.5 pts
60	Cantabria	2.2	+0.7 pts
60	Galicia	2.2	+0.6 pts
60	Stockholm	2.2	+0.2 pts
63	Lubelskie	2.1	-1.3 pts
63	Nord-Vest	2.1	-2.6 pts
63	Severoiztochen	2.1	+0.8 pts
63	Syddanmark	2.1	-0.3 pts
67	Balearic Islands	2	+0.3 pts
68	Aragon	1.9	+0.5 pts
68	Northern and Western	1.9	+0.1 pts
68	Övre Norrland	1.9	-0.6 pts
71	Andalusia	1.8	+0.1 pts
71	Asturias	1.8	-0.6 pts
71	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.8	+0.6 pts
71	Östra Mellansverige	1.8	-0.4 pts
75	Abruzzo	1.7	0 pts
75	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.7	+0.8 pts
75	Mellersta Norrland	1.7	-0.7 pts
75	Norra Mellansverige	1.7	+0.3 pts
79	Podlaskie	1.6	-1.2 pts
80	Ceuta	1.5	-0.3 pts
80	Extremadura	1.5	+0.1 pts
80	Grad Zagreb	1.5	+0.6 pts
80	Łódzkie	1.5	-0.8 pts
80	Valencian Community	1.5	-0.5 pts
80	Západné Slovensko	1.5	-0.7 pts
86	Catalonia	1.4	-0.4 pts
86	Lazio	1.4	+0.4 pts
86	Piemonte	1.4	0 pts
86	Praha	1.4	+0.7 pts
86	Východné Slovensko	1.4	-1.3 pts
91	Basque Country	1.3	+0.1 pts
91	Budapest	1.3	-0.4 pts
91	Centru	1.3	-2.3 pts
91	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.3	+0.7 pts
91	Toscana	1.3	-0.6 pts
96	Castile and León	1.2	-0.7 pts
96	Észak-Magyarország	1.2	+0.1 pts
96	Liguria	1.2	+0.5 pts
96	Severozapaden	1.2	-0.4 pts
100	Canary Islands	1.1	-1 pts
100	Pest	1.1	0 pts
100	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1.1	-3.3 pts
100	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.1	-0.5 pts
104	Luxembourg	1	+0.2 pts
104	Melilla	1	-0.8 pts
104	Region of Murcia	1	-0.3 pts
104	Sjeverna Hrvatska	1	0 pts
104	Yuzhen tsentralen	1	+0.2 pts
109	Dél-Alföld	0.9	-0.1 pts
109	Molise	0.9	0 pts
109	Severozápad	0.9	+0.3 pts
109	Veneto	0.9	-0.5 pts
113	Közép-Dunántúl	0.8	+0.2 pts
113	Lombardia	0.8	-0.1 pts
113	Panonska Hrvatska	0.8	-0.2 pts
113	Yugoiztochen	0.8	+0.3 pts
117	Basilicata	0.7	-0.9 pts
117	Bucureşti-Ilfov	0.7	-3 pts
117	Emilia-Romagna	0.7	+0.3 pts
117	Småland med öarna	0.7	-0.4 pts
121	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	0.6	-0.7 pts
121	Severovýchod	0.6	-0.3 pts
121	Střední Čechy	0.6	+0.2 pts
121	Vest	0.6	-0.6 pts
125	Dél-Dunántúl	0.5	0 pts
125	Észak-Alföld	0.5	-0.7 pts
125	Yugozapaden	0.5	-0.4 pts
128	Malta	0.3	+0.2 pts
128	Marche	0.3	-1 pts
130	Bratislavský kraj	0.2	-1 pts
130	Moravskoslezsko	0.2	0 pts
130	Střední Morava	0.2	-0.2 pts
133	Jihovýchod	0.1	0 pts
133	Kýpros	0.1	0 pts
133	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	0.1	0 pts
136	Jihozápad	0	-0.2 pts

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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), 2024) [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), 2024. 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=2024. 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), 2024. 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=2024.

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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), 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2024,
  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), 2024}},
  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=2024. 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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Dytiki Elláda, with 14.5% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Jihozápad, with 0% in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12.