Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Finland
Finland: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 3.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Finland is 3.1%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 12.8% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Finland peaked at 3.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1995.
Finland ranks 99th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1.5% | — |
| 1991 | 1.6% | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -37.5% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -12.2% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | +31.2% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -25.9% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | +12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Finland?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Finland was 3.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Finland ranks 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.