Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Finland
Finland: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 7.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
Finland recorded 7.4% for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 17.6% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Finland peaked at 7.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1995.
That places Finland 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 50% of the median in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 4.0% | — |
| 1991 | 3.9% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | -20.5% |
| 2000 | 5.8% | +87.1% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 6.4% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 6.7% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 7.4% | +17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 5.8% | 7.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.4% | 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 50% of the median in Finland?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Finland was 7.4% 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 50% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Finland ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.