Subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland
Finland: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 8.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
8.9%
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
41st
of 45 countries
All-time high
9.0%
in 2024
All-time low
5.9%
in 2021
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland stood at 8.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland peaked at 9.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2021.
Finland ranks 41st of 45 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6.8% | — |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 6.9% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | +21.0% |
| 2024 | 9.0% | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 8.9% | -1.1% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 8.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 56% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Finland's 8.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 15.0%, 59% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.9% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 5.9% | 9.0% | 6 |
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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Finland was 8.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2021.
- How does Finland rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Finland ranks 41st out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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