Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Estonia
Estonia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 35.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Estonia is 35.1%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Estonia peaked at 94.1% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 25.6%, 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 $30 a day in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 94.1% | — |
| 2003 | 89.1% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 87.8% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 82.5% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 76.4% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 67.4% | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 65.8% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 69.9% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 73.1% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 70.7% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 68.0% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 63.1% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 58.2% | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 52.7% | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 48.0% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 43.5% | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 39.6% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 35.5% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 25.6% | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 37.6% | +47.1% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | -6.7% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 35.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 35.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 87% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Estonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +47.1% | 25.6% | 37.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 77.0% | 65.8% | 89.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 55.3% | 35.5% | 73.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.2% | 25.6% | 37.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Estonia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Estonia was 35.1% 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 $30 a day recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.1% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.6% in 2021.
- How does Estonia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Estonia ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.