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Average debt of indebted household-dwelling units was EUR 93,100 in 2021

release | Indebtedness 2021

Change

The tables of indebtedness have been reformed. New statistics have been added to the tables and statistics on the income and number of household-dwelling units have been removed from the tables.
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Statistics Finland’s statistics on indebtedness show that the average debt per indebted household-dwelling unit was EUR 93,100 in 2021. The average housing loans of household-dwelling units with housing loans amounted to EUR 110,600. The amount of average debts and housing loans grew slightly in real terms from 2020.

Key selections

  • Household-dwelling units' debts totalled EUR 137 billion at the end of 2021.
  • Most of the debts of household-dwelling units were housing loans.
  • The average debt of indebted household-dwelling units was EUR 93,100. The average housing loan of those with housing loans was EUR 110,600.
  • The number of indebted household-dwelling units was 1.47 million, which was 53 per cent of all household-dwelling units.

Change

The tables of indebtedness have been reformed. New statistics have been added to the tables and statistics on the income and number of household-dwelling units have been removed from the tables.
Read more about the change

Database tables

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New database tables
13ey
Classifications used:
  • Type of debt
  • Region
  • Structure of Household-dwelling unit
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13fs
Classifications used:
  • Type of debt
  • Major region
  • Structure of Household-dwelling unit
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13gk
Classifications used:
  • Municipality
  • Type of debt
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13gs
Classifications used:
  • Type of debt
  • Major region
  • Number of children
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13gt
Classifications used:
  • Sructure of Householl-dwelling unit
  • Type of debt
  • Debt class
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13gv
Classifications used:
  • Type of debt
  • Debt class
  • Major region
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
13is
Classifications used:
  • Type of debt
  • Interest class
  • Debt class
Period:
annual
Statistics:
Updated:
Removed database tables

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