Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland
Finland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 21.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland is 21.2%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland peaked at 59.1% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 2021.
Finland ranks 110th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 59.1% | — |
| 1991 | 47.6% | -19.5% |
| 1995 | 57.3% | +20.4% |
| 2000 | 44.5% | -22.3% |
| 2003 | 39.8% | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 36.4% | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 32.5% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 29.6% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 25.4% | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 25.0% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 24.0% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 23.5% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 22.3% | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 18.9% | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 20.3% | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 21.2% | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.1% | 59.1% | 59.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 52.5% | 47.6% | 57.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.7% | 25.4% | 44.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 22.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.7% | 18.6% | 21.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,310 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 -12.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.69 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.7% (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 Finland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Finland was 21.2% 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 59.1% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 2021.
- How does Finland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Finland ranks 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.