EU 16.23
· European ranking
7 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Estonia: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
19.50% of people
EU 16.23 · +3.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Estonia performs less 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 pressure.
European comparison in Estonia
In Estonia, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 19.5% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 20.70% in 2020 to 19.50% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 20.20% in 2024 to 19.50% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Estonia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.