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
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL
Health care expenditure (xlsx)
Updated: 31.5.2023
Primary health care and specialised health care
| 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||||||
| Health centres | ||||||
| Outpatient visits 1) | 25 131 | 27 191 | I 20 557 | 30 706 | 23 962 | 20 378 |
| General practitioner visits | 10 350 | 7 129 | I 4 664 | 4 803 | 4 629 | 4 515 |
| Other practitioner visits | 14 780 | 18 796 | I 15 893 | 25 903 | 19 333 | 15 863 |
| Specialised health care | ||||||
| Outpatient visits 2) | 5 693 | 7 858 | 9 190 | 8 982 | 8 285 | 8 510 |
| Inpatient stays | 962 | 816 | 695 | 698 | 636 | 626 |
1) Excl. dental care, occupational health care, home care and home service
2) Visits to public specialised health care, excl. remote services
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL
Primary health care and specialised health care (xlsx)
Updated: 9.12.2024
Social protection expenditure by function
| Function | 2010 | 2020 | 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € million | % | € million | % | € million | % | |
| Sickness and health | 13 468 | 24,6 | 16 761 | 22,1 | 19 665 | 22,7 |
| Disability | 6 427 | 11,7 | 6 902 | 9,1 | 7 519 | 8,7 |
| Old age | 19 171 | 35,0 | 30 048 | 42,2 | 37 554 | 43,3 |
| Survivors | 1 724 | 3,1 | 1 858 | 2,4 | 2 070 | 2,4 |
| Family and children | 5 845 | 10,7 | 7 322 | 9,6 | 8 683 | 10,0 |
| Unemployment | 4 370 | 8,0 | 5 308 | 7,0 | 4 366 | 5,0 |
| Housing | 923 | 1,7 | 2 203 | 2,9 | 2 681 | 3,1 |
| Other social protection | 1 425 | 2,6 | 2 282 | 3,0 | 2 817 | 3,2 |
| Administration | 1 480 | 2,7 | 1 206 | 1,6 | 1 330 | 1,5 |
| Total | 54 832 | 100 | 75 891 | 100 | 86 686 | 100 |
| Ratio to GDP, % | 29,1 | 32,1 | 31,7 | |||
Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL
Social protection expenditure by function (xlsx)
Updated: 31.1.2025
Recipients of family allowances
| 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental allowances | ||||
| Mothers | 97 359 | 103 577 | 79 666 | 77 882 |
| Fathers | 42 924 | 56 393 | 58 170 | 65 092 |
| Recipients of maternity grant incl. adoption grant |
55 228 | 60 188 | 49 177 | 42 876 |
| Child benefit, December | ||||
| Recipients | 586 834 | 561 534 | 538 210 | 532 436 |
| Children | 1 063 680 | 1 014 910 | 977 024 | 941 145 |
| Child care allowances 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | 84 657 | 89 701 | 66 968 | 50 406 |
| Children | 126 963 | 126 995 | 80 811 | 56 473 |
| Child maintenance allowance 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | . . | 66 384 | 69 954 | 61 954 |
| Children | 107 962 | 97 776 | 101 814 | 88 530 |
Source: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Recipients of family allowances (xlsx)
Updated: 4.4.2025
Recipients of unemployment benefits
on 31 December 2023
Sources: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Financial Supervisory Authority
Recipients of unemployment benefits (xlsx)
Updated: 24.4.2024
Pension recipients
The same individual may be the beneficiary of more than one type of
pension
| Pension benefit | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old-age pension | 869 672 | 1 093 267 | 1 397 155 | 1 456 307 |
| Disability pension | 276 269 | 267 248 | 193 629 | 177 331 |
| Unemployment pension | 54 291 | 33 938 | - | - |
| Part-time pension | 24 533 | 28 764 | 291 | - |
| Special pensions for farmers | 40 845 | 24 330 | 8 409 | 4 008 |
| Surviving spouse's pension | 252 798 | 263 176 | 220 395 | 210 722 |
| Orphan's pension | 28 476 | 22 503 | 15 994 | 16 995 |
| Total | 1 284 145 | 1 463 835 | 1 617 561 | 1 660 923 |
Total pension distribution among pension recipients on 31 December 2024
People living in Finland who receive an old-age (excl. partial old-age),
disability or special farmer’s pension
In 2024, the average total pension was 2,100 euro per month, for men 2,349 euro per month, for women 1,893 euro per month.
Source: Finnish Centre for Pensions
Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Total pension distribution among pension recipients (xlsx)
Updated: 10.4.2025
Housing benefits
Main topic: Health and social protection
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Last updated 6 Jun 2025