Aging Population

Finland is among the first welfare states in the world where a significant proportion of the population is aged. Aging population is and remains a big policy issue in Finland. [Please keep reading: article continues after data.]

Most recently the Demographic Report (2021), commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Office, outlined policy advice for sustainable demographic development. Experts’ recommendations included increasing the family-friendliness of society, investments to education and lifelong learning (particularly for men), higher employment rates for people aged 65-74, more net immigration and more tailored immigration policies. These recommendations are largely in line with reforms that are already underway in Finland.

Recent reforms carried out by the Finnish government:

Finnish pension system “robust and well-functioning”

The most recent reform to the Finnish pension system was made in 2017. The most recent international evaluation of the pension system was published in September 2021.


Sources:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Population projection [e-publication].
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Migration [e-publication]. ISSN=1797-6782. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 10.11.2021].
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Educational structure of population [e-publication]. ISSN=2242-2919. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 10.11.2021]. Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/index_en.html
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Births [e-publication]. http://www.stat.fi/til/muutl/index_en.html
ISSN=1798-2413. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 10.11.2021] Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/synt/index_en.html