Poverty & Inequality in Estonia 48 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.5% 2025 down 9.7% 11th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 27.7% 2025 down 0.4% 8th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 8.7% 2025 down 12.1% 25th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 21.8% 2025 down 7.6% 15th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 3.5% 2025 unchanged 26th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.7% 2020 down 70.0% 30th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 23.2% 2020 up 6.9% 14th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 30.9% 2025 down 6.6% 30th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 15.2% 2025 down 11.6% 23rd Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 25.1% 2025 down 8.4% 19th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 6.88 Number 2025 down 38.9% 5th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 6.6% 2025 down 7.0% 10th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 20.5% 2025 up 12.0% 11th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 18.5% 2025 up 2.2% 13th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 79.3% 2025 down 3.1% 18th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 3.9% 2025 down 37.1% 18th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 19.7% 2025 down 5.7% 27th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 31.4% 2025 up 3.0% 30th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 15.0% 2025 up 21.0% 8th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 10.6% 2025 down 24.8% 23rd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 5.7% 2025 down 66.1% 25th Subjective poverty by sex and age 13.4% 2025 down 16.8% 27th Subjective poverty by tenure status 13.4% 2025 down 16.8% 27th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 8.7% 2025 down 12.1% 27th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 8.7% 2025 down 12.1% 27th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 21.6% 2025 down 4.0% 26th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 1.2% 2025 up 20.0% 37th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 296 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 39th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 1,353 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.1% 37th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 7.9 Average 2025 down 1.2% 39th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 1.4% 2025 down 44.0% 40th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.3% 2025 down 31.8% 29th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.3% 2025 down 31.8% 29th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 296 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 37th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 1.4% 2025 down 44.0% 40th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 6.8% 2025 down 43.3% 16th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 2.2% 2025 up 57.1% 18th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 3.5% 2025 unchanged 26th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 42 Thousand persons 2025 down 6.7% 34th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 296 Thousand persons 2025 down 3.6% 36th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 92.8% 2020 up 16.3% 24th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 3.3% 2025 down 38.9% 22nd Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 35 Thousand persons 2020 down 70.6% 42nd Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 2.7% 2020 down 70.0% 32nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 23.2% 2020 up 6.9% 14th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 17.2% 2025 down 20.7% 1st Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2025 — 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 14 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 800.0% 16th