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 1)
* preliminary data
1) Excl. investment expenditure. The EU Regulation-based SHA 2011 statistical system is used in the statistics.
2) Excl. occupational, student and oral health care. Incl. home nursing 2000–2014.
3) 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 2) | 25 131 | 27 191 | I 25 138 | 23 803 | 20 935 | . . |
| General practitioner visits | 10 350 | 7 129 | I 6 444 | 5 949 | 4 664 | . . |
| Others | 14 780 | 18 796 | I 18 694 | 17 855 | 16 271 | . . |
| Specialised health care | ||||||
| Outpatient visits 3) | 5 693 | 7 858 | 10 495 | 11 268 | 11 166 | 12 884 |
| Day-surgery inpatient 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 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € million | % | € million | % | € million | % | |
| Sickness and health | 13 468 | 24,6 | 16 222 | 22,5 | 16 761 | 22,1 |
| Disability | 6 427 | 11,7 | 6 781 | 9,4 | 6 902 | 9,1 |
| Old age | 19 171 | 35,0 | 30 872 | 42,8 | 32 048 | 42,2 |
| Survivors | 1 724 | 3,1 | 1 844 | 2,6 | 1 858 | 2,4 |
| Family and children | 5 845 | 10,7 | 7 118 | 9,9 | 7 322 | 9,6 |
| Unemployment | 4 370 | 8,0 | 3 930 | 5,4 | 5 308 | 7,0 |
| Housing | 923 | 1,7 | 2 107 | 2,9 | 2 203 | 2,9 |
| Other social protection | 1 425 | 2,6 | 2 039 | 2,8 | 2 282 | 3,0 |
| Administration | 1 480 | 2,7 | 1 204 | 1,7 | 1 206 | 1,6 |
| Total | 54 832 | 100 | 72 117 | 100 | 75 891 | 100 |
| % relative to GDP | 29,3 | 30,0 | 31,9 | |||
Recipients of family allowances
| 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental allowances | ||||
| Mothers | 97 359 | 103 577 | 79 666 | 82 686 |
| Fathers | 42 924 | 56 393 | 58 170 | 60 710 |
| Recipients of maternity grant incl. adoption grant |
55 228 | 60 188 | 49 177 | 47 077 |
| Child benefit, December | ||||
| Recipients | 586 834 | 561 534 | 538 210 | 535 576 |
| Children | 1 063 680 | 1 014 910 | 977 024 | 968 370 |
| Child care allowances 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | 84 657 | 89 701 | 66 968 | 62 839 |
| Children | 126 963 | 126 995 | 80 811 | 73 508 |
| Child maintenance allowance 31.12. | ||||
| Recipients | . . | 66 384 | 69 954 | 68 035 |
| Children | 107 962 | 97 776 | 101 814 | 98 551 |
Source: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Updated: 29.3.2022
Recipients of unemployment benefits
on 31 December 2021
Sources: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Financial Supervisory Authority
Updated: 18.5.2022
Pension recipients
The same individual may be the beneficiary of more than one type of
pension
| Pension benefit | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old-age pension | 869 672 | 1 093 267 | 1 397 155 | 1 407 489 |
| Unemployment pension | 54 291 | 33 938 | - | - |
| Disability pension | 276 269 | 267 248 | 193 629 | 187 894 |
| Part-time pension | 24 533 | 28 764 | 291 | 120 |
| Special pensions for farmers | 40 845 | 24 330 | 8 409 | 7 206 |
| Surviving spouse's pension | 252 798 | 263 176 | 220 395 | 217 371 |
| Orphan's pension | 28 476 | 22 503 | 15 994 | 15 476 |
| Total | 1 284 145 | 1 463 835 | 1 617 561 | 1 621 433 |
Total pension distribution among pension recipients on 31 December 2021
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 | 48 777 | 3,2 | 16 073 | 2,4 | 33 704 | 4,0 |
| 800–1 099 | 283 214 | 18,8 | 112 146 | 16,4 | 171 068 | 20,8 |
| 1 100–1 399 | 292 303 | 19,4 | 103 512 | 15,2 | 188 791 | 22,9 |
| 1 400–1 699 | 233 676 | 15,5 | 91 776 | 13,5 | 141 900 | 17,2 |
| 1 700–1 999 | 196 578 | 13,1 | 88 948 | 13,0 | 107 630 | 13,1 |
| 2 000–2 299 | 143 698 | 9,5 | 73 773 | 10,8 | 69 925 | 8,5 |
| 2 300–2 599 | 96 078 | 6,4 | 54 223 | 8,0 | 41 855 | 5,1 |
| 2 600–2 899 | 63 465 | 4,2 | 38 069 | 5,6 | 25 396 | 3,1 |
| 2 900–3 199 | 42 465 | 2,8 | 27 124 | 4,0 | 15 341 | 1,9 |
| 3 200– | 105 797 | 7,0 | 76 344 | 11,2 | 29 453 | 3,6 |
| Total | 1 506 051 | 100 | 681 988 | 100 | 824 063 | 100 |
| Average pension, €/month | 1 784 | 2 006 | 1 601 |
Housing benefits
Source: Kela, Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Updated: 29.3.2022
Main topic: Health and social protection
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Last updated 26 Jan 2023