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Number of debtors in enforcement matters around 264,000 at the end of 2024

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release | Debtors in enforcement 2024

According to Statistics Finland, there were two per cent more debtors in enforcement matters at the end of 2024 than in the corresponding period one year earlier. At the end of 2024, the number of debtors in enforcement matters was 264,124 and their total debt in recovery proceedings was EUR 7.1 billion. During the whole of 2024, the total number of debtors in enforcement matters was 587,616, that is, for 55 per cent of debtors the pendency of enforcement matters ended before the end of 2024.

Key selections

  • At the end of 2024, ninety-four per cent of debtors in enforcement were natural persons and they had a debt of EUR 25,343 per person, on average. The average debt for legal persons was EUR 50,202 per person.
  • Altogether 61 per cent of debtors in enforcement were men and 39 per cent women in 2024. At the end of the year, women had an average of 7.9 matters in debt collection and men 7.8.
  • At the end of 2024, debtors had 1.96 million enforcement matters in debt collection.

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11q8
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  • Pendency
  • Debtors level of education
  • Debtors occupation
  • Debtors income decile
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11q9
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  • Pendency
  • Debtors gender
  • Family type
  • Number of children
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11q7
Classifications used:
  • Pendency
  • Debtors gender
  • Debtors main type of activity
  • Debtors age
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137z
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  • Pendency
  • Area
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13k1
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  • Pendency
  • Type of debtor
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Debtors in enforcement [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 19.4.2025].
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