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Finland: At-risk-of-poverty rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Finland Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Finland

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

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 13.40 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 16.23 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi

    +13.40

    15.20

  2. 2

    Etelä-Suomi

    -5.20

    12.70

  3. 3

    Helsinki-Uusimaa

    -19.40

    10.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

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.

European comparison in Finland

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.

Recent trend

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.

Regional differences in Finland

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.

Reading within the topic

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.