European ranking
22 / 30
Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Latest value
13.40 Percent of people
European ranking
22 / 30
Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
-1.9 puntos
Finland is 1.9 points below the European average.
EU: 15.32
Affected population
≈ 0.76 million people affected
Year: 2025
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Granularity: Regions
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi
15.20
Etelä-Suomi
12.70
Helsinki-Uusimaa
10.80
Finland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Finland, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 13.4% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 2.8 percentage points.
In Finland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 12.20% in 2020 to 13.40% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 12.60% in 2024 to 13.40% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
In Finland, regional values for Poverty risk are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi records the highest value (15.2%) and Helsinki-Uusimaa the lowest (10.8%), a gap of 4.4 percentage points.
In Finland, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.