Poverty & Inequality in Estonia 161 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Estonia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Subjective poverty by tenure status 13.4% 2025 down 16.8% 27th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 — 27th Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 33.9% 2022 up 6.9% 15th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 21.8% 2025 down 9.9% 19th 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 Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3112 2023 down 12.5% 20th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.3008 2023 down 14.5% 22nd 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 Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 22.2% 2024 down 14.6% 19th 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 Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.5% 2015 down 28.6% 44th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2024 down 14.3% 18th 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 Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 23.3% 2020 up 7.4% 17th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 24.8% 2020 up 12.7% 14th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 21.6% 2020 up 0.5% 16th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 17.8% 2020 down 25.8% 28th Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 1.2% 2020 down 40.0% 21st Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 1.0% 2020 down 28.9% 15th Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 2.2% 2020 down 35.3% 19th ← Previous Page 3 of 3