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Finland: Material and social deprivation rate

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

Country: Finland Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Finland

Current reading for Material and social deprivation rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Latest value

7.50 Percent of people

European ranking

20 / 29

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

-4.3 puntos

Finland is 4.3 points below the European average.

EU: 11.85

Affected population

≈ 0.42 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 7.50 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 11.38 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Material and social deprivation rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Helsinki-Uusimaa

    +14.70

    8.60

  2. 2

    Etelä-Suomi

    -5.30

    7.10

  3. 3

    Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi

    -16.00

    6.30

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Finland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Finland

In Finland, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 7.5% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.9 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Finland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 4.60% in 2020 to 7.50% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 7.60% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.

Regional differences in Finland

In Finland, regional values for Material deprivation are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Helsinki-Uusimaa records the highest value (8.6%) and Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi the lowest (6.3%), a gap of 2.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Finland, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.