EU 20.40
· European ranking
22 / 30
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Finland: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
17.20% of people
EU 20.40 · -3.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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Regional map
· 2025 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+4.07
17.90
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2+0.00
17.20
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3-9.88
15.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Finland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate 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, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 17.2% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 3.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Finland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 14.90% in 2020 to 17.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 16.80% in 2024 to 17.20% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Finland
In Finland, regional values for Poverty or exclusion are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi records the highest value (17.9%) and Helsinki-Uusimaa the lowest (15.5%), a gap of 2.4 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.