Finland: social security benefit recipients by type 2021

In 2021, over 3.75 million people in Finland received refunds for medical expenses. At the same time, nearly 968 thousand of Finnish children obtained child benefit.

Number of social security benefit recipients in Finland in 2021, by type of benefit

Characteristic	Number of benefit recipients
Pension benefit*	597,803
Disability allowance*	261,538
Sickness allowance	422,067
Parenthood allowance	143,396
Refund of medical expenses	3,752,764
Rehabilitation benefit	166,176
Unemployment allowance or labour market subsidy*	199,490
Maternity grant	47,077
Child benefit* (no. of children)	968,370
Child care allowances* (no. of families)	62,839
Child maintenance allowance* (no. of children)	98,551
General housing allowance*	620,510
Housing allowance for pensioners*	210,441
Financial aid for students*	246,054
Basic social assistance	378,579
School transport subsidy*	39,015
Conscript’s allowance (households)	9,280
Pension assistance*	1,985

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Kela is the Finnish Social Insurance Institution covering different areas of social security, such as basic pensions, health insurance, unemployment protection, housing benefits and more.
* At year end

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