Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Estonia
22.5% of people in Estonia lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Estonia, 2022
22.5%
Change from 2021
−0.3percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
18.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Estonia over time
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Estonia
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Estonia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.5% |
| 2021 | 22.8% |
| 2020 | 20.6% |
| 2019 | 20.7% |
| 2018 | 21.7% |
| 2017 | 21.9% |
| 2016 | 21.0% |
| 2015 | 21.7% |
| 2014 | 21.6% |
| 2013 | 21.8% |
| 2012 | 18.6% |
| 2011 | 17.5% |
| 2010 | 17.5% |
| 2009 | 15.8% |
| 2008 | 19.7% |
| 2007 | 19.5% |
| 2006 | 19.4% |
| 2005 | 18.3% |
| 2004 | 18.3% |
| 2003 | 20.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 22.8% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 18.6%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
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Extreme poverty rate
0.3%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
19.5%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
21.8%
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Income inequality (Gini)
30.9 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.07 times
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Severe material and social deprivation
3.5%
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