Poverty & Inequality in Finland

159 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Finland.

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 22.4% 35th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.2% 85th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.28 live births per woman 2023 down 26.6% 211th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,310 kg per hectare 2023 down 10.3% 91st
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 17.8% 140th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -12.19 % change on previous year 2023 down 376.3% 160th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 42.69 2023 down 2.0% 3rd
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.7% 2023 down 2.0% 3rd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 10.3% 126th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year 2023 down 170.2% 131st
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 77th
Gender Inequality Index 0.021 2023 down 67.2% 164th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% 2023 up 11.6% 37th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0739 2023 down 3.1% 215th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0739 2023 down 3.1% 215th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0919 2023 down 7.4% 201st
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 up 100.0% 97th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 91st
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 up 100.0% 106th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 up 100.0% 113th
Prosperity gap 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 up 16.7% 110th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1275 2023 up 6.8% 162nd
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 up 100.0% 94th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.7% 2023 up 11.5% 113th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 up 200.0% 109th
Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 158th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.891 2023 up 1.4% 6th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.891 2023 up 1.4% 6th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.891 2023 up 1.4% 6th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2023 up 100.0% 102nd
Three metrics of inequality 43.3 2022 down 0.4% 103rd
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.433 2022 down 0.4% 103rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 777.39 2023 down 10.7% 18th
Income share held by second 20% 14.0% 2023 unchanged 12th
Income share held by third 20% 17.6% 2023 up 0.6% 15th
Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2023 down 0.4% 37th
Income share held by highest 20% 36.7% 2023 up 0.3% 112th
Income share held by highest 10% 22.5% 2023 up 1.4% 110th
Income share held by lowest 10% 3.7% 2023 down 2.6% 14th
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.2% 2023 down 1.1% 15th
Gini index 27.4 2023 up 0.7% 109th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 7.4% 2023 up 10.4% 106th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 7.67 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 99.7% 91st
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2023 up 94.5% 92nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 13.4% 2025 up 8.1% 33rd
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2785 2022 up 1.3% 104th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.2% 2025 down 9.7% 25th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2785 2022 up 1.3% 104th
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.5% 2025 up 114.3% 30th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 38,367 2017 up 4.3% 21st
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 17.2% 2025 up 1.8% 30th
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 3.3% 2025 up 230.0% 29th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 32.2% 2022 up 1.5% 102nd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.0% 2022 up 13.8% 93rd
Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.6% 2020 down 7.1% 33rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 16.0% 2020 down 5.3% 36th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 46.1% 2023 up 6.5% 2nd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2023 up 127.6% 96th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.274 2023 up 0.8% 107th