Number of debtors in enforcement matters around 284,000 at the end of 2021
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release | Debtors in enforcement 2021Change
A new variable was added to the table on debtors in the statistics on enforcement matters, “Total debt in recovery proceedings, EUR billion”.
Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland's data, there were four per cent more debtors in enforcement matters at the end of 2021 than in the corresponding period one year earlier. At the end of 2021, the total number of debtors in enforcement matters was around 284,000 and their total debt in recovery proceedings was EUR 6.4 billion. During the whole of 2021, the total number of debtors in enforcement matters was 560,741, for 276,484 of whom the pendency of enforcement matters ended before the end of 2021.
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- At the end of 2021, there were four per cent more debtors in enforcement matters than one year earlier.
- The number of enforcement matters has remained on level with the previous year.
- Natural persons had an average debt of EUR 21,940 per person at the end of 2021.
- Natural persons had an average of eight enforcement matters per person at the end of 2021.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Debtors in enforcement [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 7.11.2024].
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