Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2024, Finland's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 84.2% compared to 2023, reaching 10.5.

Finland accounts for 44.3% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Finland ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 94.4% (from 5.40 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.