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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Finland economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Finland best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 10.3 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 275.3 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 256.5 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
5.2% | 0.7% | -8.3% | 3% | 2.6% | -1.4% | -0.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
-0.6% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
*Estimate
USD 49,845.0 (2018, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.36% | 0.35% | 0.29% | 0.24% | 0.19% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2.8% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
9.4% | 8.8% | 8.6% | 7.4% | 6.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
63.4% | 63% | 61.3% | 59.3% | 58.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-2.8% | -1.7% | -0.8% | -0.7% | -0.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AA+
Moody's: Aa1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sampo, Nokia, UPM-Kymmene, Neste, Fortum, Kone, Stora Enso, Wärtsilä, Kesko
0.2% (2017 estimate)
36.6% (2015)
0.4% (2015)
0.5% (2015)
Electrical and optical equipment, machinery, transport equipment, paper and pulp, chemicals, basic metals; timber
Foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, computers, electronic industry products, textile yarn and fabrics, grains
Germany 13.9%, Sweden 10.1%, US 7%, Netherlands 6.6%, Russia 5.9%, UK 5.2%, China 4.7% (2015)
Germany 17%, Sweden 16%, Russia 11%, Netherlands 9.1%, Denmark 4.1% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD -169 million | USD 17,302 million | USD 8,290 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD -2,402 million | USD -563 million | USD -10,538 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 4115.9 million | USD 1768.7 million | USD -1958.2 million | USD -7854.9 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 13 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 28 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 30 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 20 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 44 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 70 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 33 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 13 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 40 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 18 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 1 out of 190 countries
10 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 24 / Score: 72.56 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Finnish (official) 89%, Swedish (official) 5.3%, Russian 1.3%, other 4.4% (2014 est.)
Lutheran 73.8%, Orthodox 1.1%, other or none 25.1% (2014 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
4.974 million | 5.171 million | 5.351 million | 5.5 million | 5.64 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
55% | 72% | 82% | 84% |
27.1 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 9.84% Mobile 135.45% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)