Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia
Estonia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 56.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia stood at 56.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia peaked at 96.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 45.1%, in 2021.
Estonia ranks 91st of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 96.9% | — |
| 2003 | 94.6% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 94.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 91.7% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 88.5% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 83.1% | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 81.5% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 83.9% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 84.6% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 82.0% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 74.9% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 70.0% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 65.0% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 57.4% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 55.1% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 52.6% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 45.1% | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 55.1% | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 56.6% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.9% | 96.9% | 96.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 88.2% | 81.5% | 94.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 71.5% | 55.1% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.3% | 45.1% | 56.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,410 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -19.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.51 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Estonia was 56.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.1% in 2021.
- How does Estonia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Estonia ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.