Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Finland
Finland: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.274 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Finland, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Finland stood at 0.274.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Finland peaked at 0.2829 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2217, in 1987.
That places Finland 107th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2217 | 0.2217 | 0.2217 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2317 | 0.2288 | 0.2346 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2774 | 0.2716 | 0.2829 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.2731 | 0.2678 | 0.2774 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2753 | 0.2709 | 0.2793 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,310 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.7% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.021 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0739 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0739 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1275 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Finland?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Finland was 0.274 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2829 in 2007.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2217 in 1987.
- How does Finland rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Finland ranks 107th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.