Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Finland
Finland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 15.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Finland, 1987–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Finland is 15.7%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Finland peaked at 52.0% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 2020.
Finland ranks 109th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 52.0% | — |
| 1991 | 41.0% | -21.2% |
| 1995 | 50.5% | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 38.2% | -24.3% |
| 2003 | 33.6% | -12.2% |
| 2004 | 30.2% | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 27.3% | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 20.9% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 19.5% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 19.8% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 16.4% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 15.7% | +2.5% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 15.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 57% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Finland's 15.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 28% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.0% | 52.0% | 52.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 45.7% | 41.0% | 50.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.1% | 20.9% | 38.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 16.4% | 20.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 15.3% | 15.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Finland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Finland was 15.7% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 52.0% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 2020.
- How does Finland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Finland ranks 109th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.