Poverty & Inequality in Estonia 161 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 23.0% 10th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 60.3% 32nd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman 2023 down 11.4% 203rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,410 kg per hectare 2023 up 8.7% 87th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 33.3% 60th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -19.29 % change on previous year 2023 down 138.2% 173rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.51 2023 up 7.2% 31st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% 2023 up 7.2% 31st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 34.2% 66th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.94 % change on previous year 2023 up 706.7% 83rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.061 2023 down 59.9% 147th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% 2023 up 5.4% 36th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0798 2023 down 7.3% 191st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0798 2023 down 7.3% 191st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1078 2023 down 7.4% 155th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 72.7% 92nd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 71.4% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 68.4% 93rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.3% 2023 down 75.5% 103rd Prosperity gap 1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 47.4% 103rd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1567 2023 down 20.7% 146th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 66.7% 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 10.3% 2023 down 27.0% 109th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 72.7% 101st Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 up 245.4% 137th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.841 2023 up 4.6% 22nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.841 2023 up 4.6% 22nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.841 2023 up 4.6% 22nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.3% 2023 down 72.7% 97th Three metrics of inequality 54.22 2022 up 5.3% 60th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5422 2022 up 5.3% 60th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 499.12 2023 up 77.0% 39th Income share held by second 20% 13.0% 2023 up 6.6% 31st Income share held by third 20% 16.7% 2023 up 5.0% 50th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.8% 2023 up 0.9% 25th Income share held by highest 20% 39.3% 2023 down 7.3% 91st Income share held by highest 10% 23.7% 2023 down 10.9% 99th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.1% 2023 up 29.2% 39th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.3% 2023 up 22.1% 29th Gini index 30.7 2023 down 12.5% 93rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.7% 2023 down 26.9% 95th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 2.89 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 70.4% 101st Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2023 down 71.5% 82nd At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.5% 2025 down 9.7% 11th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4727 2022 up 3.5% 68th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 27.7% 2025 down 0.4% 8th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4727 2022 up 3.5% 68th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 8.7% 2025 down 12.1% 25th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 26,254 2017 up 16.6% 38th 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 Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 42.3% 2022 up 7.8% 65th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 17.3% 2022 up 21.9% 37th 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 Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 31.2% 2023 up 4.2% 40th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.3% 2023 down 70.5% 89th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3071 2023 down 12.5% 90th Page 1 of 3 Next →