Poverty and living standards in Tallinn, Estonia: official figures
Local social protection spending in the city of Tallinn was €265 per resident in 2024, higher than in Tartu; it made up 10.3% of local budgets.
How many people get subsistence benefit in Tallinn?
The state subsistence benefit paid out through local governments in the city of Tallinn came to €31 per resident in 2024 (€14.31 million in total), higher than in Tartu.
Source: Statistics Estonia · saved copyMore figures
- Care for older people, including nursing homes, cost local governments in the city of Tallinn €44.23 million in 2024, 36.5% of their social protection budget. Source: Statistics Estonia · saved copy
- Support for families and children took €6.78 million of local social spending in the city of Tallinn in 2024, and services for disabled people €9.27 million. Source: Statistics Estonia · saved copy
- Social care and other allowances paid directly to residents by Tallinn city government totalled €69.57 million in 2025. Source: Statistics Estonia · saved copy
- Local governments in the city of Tallinn spent €1.46 million on social housing in 2024 and €4.00 million on care institutions for risk groups. Source: Statistics Estonia · saved copy
More on Tallinn: overview · economy and jobs · education and schools · government budget · government and politics · all cities in Estonia
Sources
- Statistics Estonia: Local budgets operating expenditures and investment activities expenses by function and region/administrative unit, table RR302, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 1a5fcdf926c0…)
- Statistics Estonia: Local budgets operating revenue, expenditures and outcome by region/administrative unit, table RR300, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9727f300e9b0…)
Each saved copy is the file exactly as downloaded, kept so the figures can be checked even if the source changes. Report an error.