Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance by NUTS-2-region - % of the persons having the same needs by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
20
Greece
Lowest
0.1
Cyprus
Median
2.95
Years covered
5
2021–2025
Data points
830

What the numbers show

Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance by NUTS-2-region - % of the persons having the same needs is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 20 in Greece; the lowest is 0.1 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.95, and the mean is 4.11.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 200.

Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination due to financial: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 20 2025 rising
2 Finland 11.3 2025 rising
3 Latvia 9.9 2025 rising
4 Romania 6.9 2025 flat
5 Ireland 5.1 2025 flat
6 Italy 4.5 2025 flat
7 Slovenia 4.3 2025 falling
8 France 4.2 2025 rising
8 Lithuania 4.2 2025 rising
10 Poland 4.1 2025 rising
11 Portugal 4 2025 falling
12 Sweden 3.6 2025 rising
13 Spain 2.3 2025 rising
14 Croatia 2.1 2025 falling
14 Hungary 2.1 2025 falling
16 Luxembourg 1.9 2025 rising
17 Austria 1.8 2025 rising
18 Germany 1.6 2025 volatile
18 Netherlands 1.6 2025 rising
20 Bulgaria 1.4 2025 falling
21 Belgium 1 2025 falling
22 Czechia 0.4 2025 rising
23 Malta 0.2 2025 volatile
24 Cyprus 0.1 2025 falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination due to financial reasons, long waiting list or distance by NUTS-2-region - % of the persons having the same needs
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
166 places, 830 data points, 2021–2025
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