Health and social protection
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
On this page
- Health care expenditure
- Primary health care and specialised health care
- Social protection expenditure by function
- Recipients of family allowances
- Recipients of unemployment benefits
- Pension recipients
- Total pension distribution among pension recipients
- Housing benefits
Health care expenditure
Current expenditure, public and private financing
1) Excl. occupational, student and oral health care. Incl. home nursing until 2014
2) Excl. long-term care in primary health care and specialised health care. Incl. home care from 2015
Primary health care and specialised health care
| 2000 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||||||
| Health centres | ||||||
| Outpatient visits 1) | 25 131 | 27 191 | I 25 138 | 23 804 | 20 935 | 31 028 |
| General practitioner visits | 10 350 | 7 129 | I 6 444 | 5 949 | 4 664 | 4 803 |
| Others | 14 780 | 18 796 | I 18 694 | 117 855 | 16 271 | 26 225 |
| Specialised health care | ||||||
| Outpatient visits 2) | 5 693 | 7 858 | 10 495 | 11 268 | 11 166 | 12 884 |
| Day-surgery stays | 219 | 287 | 426 | 457 | 445 | 460 |
| Inpatient stays | 962 | 816 | 734 | 731 | 662 | 656 |
1) Excl. dental care, occupational health care, home care and home service
2) Incl. visits to public specialised health care
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series
Social protection expenditure by function
| Function | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € million | % | € million | % | € million | % | |
| Sickness and health | 13 468 | 24,6 | 16 761 | 22,1 | 17 746 | 22,7 |
| Disability | 6 427 | 11,7 | 6 902 | 9,1 | 6 956 | 8,9 |
| Old age | 19 171 | 35,0 | 30 048 | 42,2 | 32 703 | 41,9 |
| Survivors | 1 724 | 3,1 | 1 858 | 2,4 | 1 857 | 2,4 |
| Family and children | 5 845 | 10,7 | 7 322 | 9,6 | 7 882 | 10,1 |
| Unemployment | 4 370 | 8,0 | 5 308 | 7,0 | 5 032 | 6,4 |
| Housing | 923 | 1,7 | 2 203 | 2,9 | 2 238 | 2,9 |
| Other social protection | 1 425 | 2,6 | 2 282 | 3,0 | 2 429 | 3,1 |
| Administration | 1 480 | 2,7 | 1 206 | 1,6 | 1 293 | 1,7 |
| Total | 54 832 | 100 | 75 891 | 100 | 78 135 | 100 |
| Ratio to GDP, % | 29,3 | 31,9 | 31,2 | |||
Recipients of family allowances
| 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental allowances | ||||
| Mothers | 97 359 | 103 577 | 79 666 | 80 310 |
| Fathers | 42 924 | 56 393 | 58 170 | 61 655 |
| Recipients of maternity grant incl. adoption grant |
55 228 | 60 188 | 49 177 | 43 960 |
| Child benefit, December | ||||
| Recipients | 586 834 | 561 534 | 538 210 | 532 964 |
| Children | 1 063 680 | 1 014 910 | 977 024 | 957 711 |
| Child care allowances 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | 84 657 | 89 701 | 66 968 | 62 344 |
| Children | 126 963 | 126 995 | 80 811 | 71 467 |
| Child maintenance allowance 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | . . | 66 384 | 69 954 | 65 410 |
| Children | 107 962 | 97 776 | 101 814 | 94 204 |
Source: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Updated: 21.3.2023
Recipients of unemployment benefits
on 31 December 2022
Sources: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Financial Supervisory Authority
Updated: 20.4.2023
Pension recipients
The same individual may be the beneficiary of more than one type of
pension
| Pension benefit | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old-age pension | 869 672 | 1 093 267 | 1 397 155 | 1 439 497 |
| Disability pension | 276 269 | 267 248 | 193 629 | 182 586 |
| Unemployment pension | 54 291 | 33 938 | - | - |
| Part-time pension | 24 533 | 28 764 | 291 | 30 |
| Special pensions for farmers | 40 845 | 24 330 | 8 409 | 6 004 |
| Surviving spouse's pension | 252 798 | 263 176 | 220 395 | 214 447 |
| Orphan's pension | 28 476 | 22 503 | 15 994 | 15 993 |
| Total | 1 284 145 | 1 463 835 | 1 617 561 | 1 648 018 |
Total pension distribution among pension recipients on 31 December 2022
People living in Finland who receive an old-age (excl. partial old-age),
disability or special farmer’s pension
| Total pension, €/month | Total | % | Males | % | Females | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0– 799 | 41 233 | 2,7 | 13 705 | 2,0 | 27 528 | 3,3 |
| 800–1 099 | 257 397 | 17,0 | 103 725 | 15,1 | 153 672 | 18,6 |
| 1 100–1 399 | 283 645 | 18,7 | 100 206 | 14,6 | 183 439 | 22,2 |
| 1 400–1 699 | 238 908 | 15,8 | 91 264 | 13,3 | 147 644 | 17,8 |
| 1 700–1 999 | 202 386 | 13,4 | 89 075 | 13,0 | 113 311 | 13,7 |
| 2 000–2 299 | 152 731 | 10,1 | 76 365 | 11,1 | 76 366 | 9,2 |
| 2 300–2 599 | 103 720 | 6,8 | 57 537 | 8,4 | 46 183 | 5,6 |
| 2 600–2 899 | 69 470 | 4,6 | 40 958 | 6,0 | 28 512 | 3,4 |
| 2 900–3 199 | 46 761 | 3,1 | 29 403 | 4,3 | 17 358 | 2,1 |
| 3 200– | 118 399 | 7,8 | 84 467 | 12,3 | 33 932 | 4,1 |
| Total | 1 514 650 | 100 | 686 705 | 100 | 827 945 | 100 |
| Average pension, €/month | 1 845 | 2 070 | 1 658 |
Housing benefits
Source: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Updated: 21.3.2023
Main topic: Health and social protection
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Last updated 24 Nov 2023