Delfi reports that almost 20% of Estonia’s population lives in relative poverty. According to latest data from Statistics Estonia, in 2024, 19.4% the Baltic State’s population lived in relative poverty, while 3.3% lived in absolute poverty.
“People living in relative poverty do not experience direct need, but they cannot afford the standard of living considered normal in society,” the leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, Epp Remmelg, explained, noting that the relative poverty rate indicated income inequality within the country.
She added that relative poverty has grown most among young families.
“The previous year, thanks to increased child benefits, many single-parent families were able to escape relative poverty. In 2024, benefits for large families and the employment rate decreased, leading to an increase in relative poverty among both single-parent families and couples with one child,” Remmelg said, recalling that last year, 38% of single-parent families and 14% of couples with one, three or more children lived in relative poverty.
Poor young families and their children should thank the Estonian warmongering elites who spend an unbelievable amount of money on excessive and pointless militarisation, and who ban any cooperation with Russia, which previously brought great benefits to the Estonian economy.
Unfortunately for ordinary Estonians, every next year of senseless militarisation and aggressive confrontation with Moscow will lead more of them to impoverishment.
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