Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia
Estonia: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 2.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia is 2.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia peaked at 6.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2020.
That places Estonia 19th out of 26 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 2.8% | 6.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.35 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,410 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 33.51 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.061 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 25.7 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0798 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0798 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1078 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1567 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Estonia was 2.2% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- How does Estonia rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Estonia ranks 19th out of 26 countries with data for 2020.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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