Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland
Finland: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 0.4445 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland, 1987–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.4445 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 65.8% on the previous year and up 110.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland peaked at 0.4445 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0821, in 2020.
That places Finland 109th 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.
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.2 | — |
| 1991 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2435 | +21.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2043 | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2341 | +14.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2332 | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1472 | -36.9% |
| 2008 | 0.242 | +64.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1476 | -39.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2171 | +47.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1377 | -36.6% |
| 2012 | 0.204 | +48.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2117 | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1762 | -16.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2245 | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2134 | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1522 | -28.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2136 | +40.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1704 | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0821 | -51.8% |
| 2021 | 0.157 | +91.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2681 | +70.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4445 | +65.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2065 | 0.1472 | 0.2435 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1921 | 0.1377 | 0.2245 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2379 | 0.0821 | 0.4445 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More poverty & inequality data for Finland
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.28 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,310 (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 revenues vs income inequality 42.69 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.021 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Finland was 0.4445 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4445 in 2023.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0821 in 2020.
- How does Finland rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Finland ranks 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 110.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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