{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"fi-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fi-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fi-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Finland (2025)","description":"Finland's Median Equivalised Net Income: 29,740 EUR per person in 2025, +3.6% YoY, roughly 129.6% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Finland's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Finland's median equivalised net income of roughly 29,740 EUR was about 129.6% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 6,801 EUR. That premium has typically narrowed since peaking at roughly 157.0% in 2014, and 2025's ratio sits below even the 147.0% recorded back in 2010 — even as Finland's absolute income has kept rising in most years."},{"question":"How much has Finland's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Finland's median equivalised net income rose from about 21,349 EUR in 2010 to approximately 29,740 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 39.3% over 15 years. Growth has typically been steadier than in some peer economies, with only one modest year-on-year decline (-0.5% in 2016) and a near-flat reading in 2021 (-0.1%), before renewed acceleration from 2022 onward."},{"question":"Has Finland's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Narrowing, typically, since the mid-2010s peak. Finland's ratio to the EU-27 average climbed from about 147.0% in 2010 to a high of roughly 157.0% in 2014, then declined in most years since to reach 129.6% in 2025 — its lowest point across the 2010–2025 series. That suggests EU-27 peers have generally been catching up in nominal income terms even as Finland's own income level continues to climb over the period."},{"question":"What was Finland's strongest year of income growth in this series?","answer":"2022 stands out, with median equivalised net income rising from 25,456 EUR in 2021 to 26,541 EUR — a 4.3% year-on-year gain, the largest in the 2010–2025 series alongside 2024's 4.9% increase from 27,346 EUR to 28,693 EUR. Both years followed a comparatively flat 2020–2021 stretch, when income moved from 25,490 EUR to just 25,456 EUR."}]}