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General profile: Finland

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
5.601 Millions
..
295 532 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 303 940 km²
4.34 %
-1.16 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-4.1 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
65 498
69 518
59 817
82 561
Merchandise imports
58 766
68 803
60 430
83 102
Merchandise trade balance
6 732
715
-612
-541
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
3 %3 %71 %71 %10 %10 %8 %8 %7 %7 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
9 0698 6778 6386 5903 7069 0698 6778 6386 5903 706
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
12 260
20 879
24 224
33 837
Services imports
17 336
27 335
27 676
43 744
Services trade balance
-5 076
-6 456
-3 452
-9 907
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
21.4
16.1
14.4
14.9
Travel
17.8
14.5
10.6
7.9
Other services
49.0
(e) 65.7
67.7
68.5
TRADE INDICES
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981021041011091071071001009896959810196126131127969695979697981001009695949598999710199
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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-1.2 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
204 859
249 430
233 211
295 532
GDP per capita, current US$
39 050
46 506
42 559
52 762
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.78
3.17
0.47
-1.16
Current account balance, % of GDP
3.04
1.49
-0.94
-1.07
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
50.624.227.646.148.050.624.227.646.148.0
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.5 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
4 750.16
7 358.83
2 109.18
-1 675.97
FDI outflows
4 222.60
10 167.18
-16 083.58
1 372.41
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.34
0.36
0.37
0.22
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
679.1661.6667.4598.1842.0841.1908.3861.0865.41 068.51 073.2862.1756.1893.8865.8959.2806.0714.8692.3666.9526.4477.2490.7472.7-1 6765 79513 290-1 57913 456-2 1722 8648 5822 10918 571-1064 1542 5507 359718-1 14412 4517 6524 7502 8273 3198 0463 7328 834FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
1.86
1.36
-0.57
0.10
Balance, % of imports
5.25
3.67
-1.58
0.23
Normalized balance
0.026
0.018
-0.008
0.001
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
84948072807975717274777979757086838273
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 86%Urban 86%Rural 14%Rural 14%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.051 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
1 113
1 171
1 214
1 152
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
1 219 391
1 413 646
1 368 831
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
20.26
6.32
2.42
2.37
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
14.13
8.11
6.78
6.93
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
3.93
3.70
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 15 April 2025