1.9% of Children in Bulgaria, 3.2% in EU Had Unmet Needs for Medical Care in 2024 2026

Balgarianovinite.com About 1.9% of children in Bulgaria aged 16 or less were reported to have unmet needs for medical care (examination and treatment) in 2024. This compares with 3.2% of children in the EU, the statistical office of the EU (Eurostat) reported on Monday.
The EU rate decreased from 3.6% in 2021.
For dental care, 4.0% of EU children had unmet needs in 2024, compared with 4.4% in 2021.
At national level, the highest shares of children with unmet needs for medical care were found in Finland (9.4%), followed by France (5.7%) and Ireland (5.0%). Meanwhile, the lowest shares were reported by Croatia and Malta (both 0.1%) and Cyprus (0.6%).
Regarding children with unmet needs for dental care, Spain had the highest share (7.5%), followed by Finland (6.8%) and France (6.2%). At the other end of the scale, Croatia registered the lowest level (0.2%), ahead of Malta (0.5%) and Luxembourg (1.0%). 1.9% of Children in Bulgaria, 3.2% in EU Had Unmet Needs for Medical Care in 2024 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-19 15:49:34 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law