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Finland: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

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Country: Finland Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Finland

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

3.90 Ratio

European ranking

22 / 30

Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-0.6 puntos

Finland is 0.6 points below the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

5.6M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 3.93 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Helsinki-Uusimaa

    +10.30

    4.30

  2. 2

    Etelä-Suomi

    -10.30

    3.50

  3. 3

    Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi

    -10.30

    3.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Finland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Finland

In Finland, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.93 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 0.8 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Finland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 3.72 in 2020 to 3.93 in 2025. The latest step, from 3.73 in 2024 to 3.93 in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Finland

In Finland, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Helsinki-Uusimaa records the highest value (4.3) and Etelä-Suomi the lowest (3.5), a gap of 0.8 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Finland, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power 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.