The number of those who raised student loans again fell – the biggest study debts in Helsinki
Study|According to Kela, poor economic growth and unemployment may have reduced borrowing.
Student loan The number of raised people decreased last year for the second year in a row, says Coil.
The student loan was raised by about 157,000 people last year, which is about 18,000 less than in the previous year.
« The number of students has increased in recent years, but it may be that general uncertainty – poor economic growth, unemployment, war in Europe – is the reason why the student loan is not as active as before, » says Kela’s research professor Hennamari Mikkola in the bulletin.
« In particular, unemployment of highly educated students has increased recently and recent graduates have been more challenging to be employed than before. »
Coil says that in 2014-2022, the number of students who raised student loan increased each year until it started to decline for the first time in the last year.
At the end of 2024, at the end of 2024, there were more than half a million student debtors. The average loan amount for student debtors was approximately EUR 12,000.
According to Kela, the largest loans in regional comparison are, according to Kela, where those who have taken out student loans have an average loan of around € 14,000.
