Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Finland
Finland: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 12.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Finland stood at 12.7%.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Finland peaked at 13.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 1995.
That places Finland 106th 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 60% of the median in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 9.1% | — |
| 1991 | 8.5% | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 7.9% | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 11.7% | +48.1% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 11.7% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 12.5% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 12.0% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.2% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 12.2% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.9% | 8.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.1% | 11.7% | 12.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 12.3% | 12.0% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 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 60% of the median in Finland?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Finland was 12.7% 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 60% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Finland ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.