{
  "slug": "eu-health-digital",
  "name": "EU Digital Health & Wellness",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/eu-health-digital",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Resident-doctor dissatisfaction linked to administrative burden versus low pay",
      "value": "62.1 / 51.1",
      "unit": "% of TACT satisfaction-survey respondent",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "January-July 2024; published 2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12676270/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Administrative-task time among electronic health record users",
      "value": "44.1",
      "unit": "percent of observed time",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "January-July 2024; published 2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40581365/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Resident doctors' time spent on non-patient-facing tasks",
      "value": "73.0",
      "unit": "percent of observed time",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "January-July 2024; published 2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40581365/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of European healthcare providers reporting current AI use or planned adoption",
      "value": "94",
      "unit": "% of surveyed healthcare providers",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-dissects-digital-health-technologies-europe"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU population reporting unmet needs for medical care due to cost, distance, or waiting lists",
      "value": "2.5",
      "unit": "% of EU population aged 16+",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Unmet_health_care_needs_statistics"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU Member States still not aligned with eHealth web accessibility guidelines",
      "value": "7",
      "unit": "EU Member States whose eHealth access services still need alignment with web accessibility guidelines, 2024",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/digital-decade-2025-ehealth-indicator-study"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU Member States where most of the population can technically access electronic health records online",
      "value": "23",
      "unit": "Member States",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/digital-decade-2025-ehealth-indicator-study"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Net turnover per person employed in human health activities, Albania",
      "value": "32.47",
      "unit": "EUR thousand per person employed",
      "geo": "AL",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/sbs_ovw_act?format=JSON&lang=EN&nace_r2=Q86&indic_sbs=NETTUR_EMP_TEUR&indic_sbs=GOR_PC&time=2023&time=2024"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU27 individuals aged 16-74 seeking health information online",
      "value": "58.15",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU27",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_ci_ac_i?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2024&geo=EU27_2020&unit=PC_IND&indic_is=I_IHIF"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU healthcare provider connectivity to national digital health data-exchange infrastructure, by ownership type",
      "value": "79",
      "unit": "% of public healthcare providers connected vs 59% of private healthcare providers, EU-27 + Iceland + Norway, data as of 31 Dec 2024 (Digital Decade 2025 eHealth Indicator Study, published June 2025)",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/digital-decade-2025-ehealth-indicator-study"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU-27 composite eHealth maturity/adoption score, year-over-year growth (Digital Decade eHealth Indicator)",
      "value": "4",
      "unit": "percentage points YoY increase",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2023-2024 (2025 report, data as of 31 Dec 2024)",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/digital-decade-2025-ehealth-indicator-study"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU digital health market size and growth projection",
      "value": "11",
      "unit": "EUR billion",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2023 (projection horizon to 2035)",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-artificial-intelligence-healthcare-dissects-digital-health-technologies-europe"
    },
    {
      "metric": "People employed by private-equity-backed biotech and healthcare companies in Europe",
      "value": "1300000",
      "unit": "persons",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/qyklwq2l/20251103-invest-europe-biotech-and-healthcare-position-paper-final.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU individuals using online health services instead of visiting a hospital or doctor",
      "value": "17.86 (2022) / 20.81 (2024)",
      "unit": "% of individuals aged 16-74 using the in",
      "geo": "EU27",
      "period": "2022-2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_ci_ac_i?format=JSON&lang=EN&indic_is=I_IUOHC&ind_type=IND_TOTAL&geo=EU27_2020&unit=PC_IND&time=2024&time=2022"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Decline in the number of early-stage venture capital funds in biotech and healthcare, 2022 to 2024",
      "value": "11",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2022-2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/342jzbpk/20260429-invest-europe-position-paper-on-the-biotech-act-i-final.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of doctor consultations delivered remotely across EU countries with available data",
      "value": "16",
      "unit": "percent of all doctor consultations",
      "geo": "16 EU countries with available data",
      "period": "2022",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-europe-2024_b3704e14-en/full-report/component-72.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of EU individuals (16-74) who searched for health information online in the past 3 months",
      "value": "one in two EU citizens (55%)",
      "unit": "% of individuals aged 16-74",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/edn-20220406-1"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Government agencies share of commitments to biotech and healthcare-focused PE/VC funds, EU27",
      "value": "17",
      "unit": "percent of fundraising",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2020-2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.investeurope.eu/media/342jzbpk/20260429-invest-europe-position-paper-on-the-biotech-act-i-final.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Availability and linkability of key national health datasets for secondary use",
      "value": "92%",
      "unit": "percent of ten key national health datas",
      "geo": "Europe",
      "period": "2019-2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-europe-2024_b3704e14-en/full-report/component-73.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU citizens reporting no access to digital health services (2017 European Commission public consultation on transformati",
      "value": "60",
      "unit": "% of respondents",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2017",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ehealth"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}