Living in Finland
Where you live changes how you live, and not always the way income predicts.
Look at
At-risk-of-poverty rate
% of people · 19 regions · 2024
14.2% of people are below the income line, but that runs from 9.2% in Åland to 19.0% in North Karelia.
From
The same measure, split the way the source publishes it.
Whole population and children
- Whole population14.2%
- Children under 1813.8%
The same measure, published separately for children.
Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · StatFin/tjt/14ww · 2024 · People in households below 60% of median equivalised income.
What this does not cover
Four more parts of this question, food, access to health care, care in the home and community life, are not opened yet. Within essential services, 3 of the six requirements have no regional source at all: household energy, waste, and digital connectivity.
Now look at your own place.
Open any of Finland’s 308 municipalities, put two places side by side, and follow a measure back through the years.
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