Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland
Finland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 0.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.2% for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 120.6% on the previous year and up 163.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland peaked at 0.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
Finland ranks 103rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -21.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +67.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +25.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -44.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +38.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +32.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -27.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +67.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -61.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +20.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | +136.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +120.6% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6%, 42% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Finland's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 41% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More reference data data for Finland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2998 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1241 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1748 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6733 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6503 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9518 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Finland was 0.2% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Finland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Finland ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.