Europe & Central Asia · High income
Finland: the economy in numbers
Per person: $56,149, or $65,884 at purchasing power parity. Population: 5.65 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #48 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +1.7%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $57.5 billion in 1960, $317 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $12,985 per person in 1960, $56,149 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 0.8% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 9 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 55.1% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 17.8% in 1975.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1980: 88.4% of GDP in 2025. IMF forecast for 2031: 101.2%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2004 listed domestic companies were worth $20.3 billion, or 10.3% of GDP.
Population
1960: 4.43 million · 2025: 5.65 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 6.5% · 2025: 9.5%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 68.8 years · 2024: 82.3 years.
Exports of goods and services
1970: 23.9% · 2025: 42.3%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1.2%f | 2.0%f | 101.2%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 1.2%f | 2.0%f | 99.1%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 1.2%f | 2.0%f | 97.1%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 1.2%f | 1.8%f | 94.5%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 1.4%f | 1.6%f | 92.1%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 1.7%f | 2.4%f | 90.6%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $317B | $56,149 | $65,884 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 88.4% | 5.65M | 9.5% | 42.3% | ||
| 2024 | $299B | $53,156 | $65,137 | 0.4% | 1.6% | 82.5% | 5.62M | 8.4% | 82.3 | 41.9% | |
| 2023 | $295B | $52,865 | $63,467 | −1.3% | 6.3% | 77.2% | 5.58M | 7.1% | 81.6 | 42.8% | |
| 2022 | $280B | $50,441 | $62,133 | 0.8% | 7.1% | 74.1% | 5.56M | 6.7% | 81.2 | 46.3% | |
| 2021 | $294B | $53,099 | $56,790 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 73.1% | 5.54M | 7.6% | 81.9 | 39.9% | |
| 2020 | $270B | $48,829 | $53,297 | −2.5% | 0.3% | 75.3% | 5.53M | 7.8% | 81.9 | 36.2% | |
| 2019 | $267B | $48,358 | $52,276 | 1.3% | 1.0% | 65.3% | 5.52M | 6.7% | 82.0 | 40.6% | |
| 2018 | $274B | $49,654 | $49,249 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 65.3% | 5.52M | 7.4% | 81.7 | 39.1% | |
| 2017 | $254B | $46,085 | $47,235 | 3.3% | 0.7% | 66.6% | 5.51M | 8.6% | 81.6 | 38.2% | |
| 2016 | $239B | $43,451 | $44,562 | 2.6% | 0.4% | 68.6% | 5.5M | 8.8% | 81.4 | 35.3% | |
| 2015 | $233B | $42,560 | $42,258 | 0.5% | −0.2% | 68.8% | 5.48M | 9.4% | 81.5 | 35.8% | |
| 2014 | $273B | $50,074 | $41,547 | −0.5% | 1.0% | 64.8% | 5.46M | 8.7% | 81.2 | 36.8% | |
| 2013 | $270B | $49,691 | $41,326 | −1.0% | 1.5% | 60.8% | 5.44M | 8.2% | 81.0 | 38.3% | |
| 2012 | $257B | $47,552 | $40,739 | −1.5% | 2.8% | 57.9% | 5.41M | 7.7% | 80.6 | 38.9% | |
| 2011 | $275B | $51,060 | $40,846 | 2.4% | 3.4% | 52.0% | 5.39M | 7.8% | 80.5 | 39.0% | |
| 2010 | $249B | $46,506 | $38,946 | 3.2% | 1.2% | 50.1% | 5.36M | 8.4% | 79.9 | 38.4% | |
| 2009 | $253B | $47,478 | $37,988 | −8.1% | −0.0% | 41.5% | 5.34M | 8.2% | 79.7 | 36.1% | |
| 2008 | $286B | $53,769 | $40,081 | 0.8% | 4.1% | 32.6% | 5.31M | 6.4% | 79.6 | 44.9% | |
| 2007 | $256B | $48,473 | $37,843 | 5.3% | 2.5% | 33.9% | 5.29M | 6.9% | 79.3 | 43.8% | |
| 2006 | $217B | $41,214 | $34,440 | 4.0% | 1.6% | 38.0% | 5.27M | 8.9% | 79.2 | 43.1% | |
| 2005 | $205B | $39,050 | $32,048 | 2.8% | 0.6% | 39.9% | 5.25M | 9.6% | 78.8 | 40.3% | |
| 2004 | $197B | $37,768 | $31,195 | 4.0% | 0.2% | 42.6% | 5.23M | 10.4% | 10.3% | 78.7 | 38.6% |
| 2003 | $172B | $32,920 | $29,043 | 2.0% | 0.9% | 42.7% | 5.21M | 10.5% | 10.9% | 78.4 | 37.3% |
| 2002 | $140B | $26,989 | $28,596 | 1.7% | 1.6% | 40.1% | 5.2M | 10.4% | 10.9% | 78.1 | 39.1% |
| 2001 | $130B | $24,965 | $27,798 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 40.9% | 5.19M | 10.3% | 15.7% | 78.0 | 39.8% |
| 2000 | $126B | $24,336 | $26,783 | 5.8% | 3.0% | 42.4% | 5.18M | 11.1% | 26.3% | 77.5 | 42.0% |
| 1999 | $135B | $26,180 | $24,762 | 4.4% | 1.2% | 44.0% | 5.17M | 11.7% | 30.2% | 77.3 | 37.6% |
| 1998 | $134B | $26,000 | $23,570 | 5.5% | 1.4% | 46.8% | 5.15M | 13.2% | 72.2% | 77.1 | 37.5% |
| 1997 | $127B | $24,682 | $21,787 | 6.4% | 1.2% | 52.2% | 5.14M | 15.0% | 39.9% | 76.9 | 37.8% |
| 1996 | $132B | $25,757 | $20,067 | 3.7% | 0.6% | 55.4% | 5.12M | 15.6% | 31.5% | 76.7 | 36.4% |
| 1995 | $134B | $26,246 | $19,568 | 4.2% | 0.8% | 55.2% | 5.11M | 17.0% | 21.6% | 76.4 | 35.8% |
| 1994 | $103B | $20,278 | $18,458 | 4.0% | 1.1% | 56.2% | 5.09M | 16.4% | 37.1% | 76.4 | 34.1% |
| 1993 | $89.1B | $17,589 | $17,458 | −0.8% | 2.2% | 54.2% | 5.07M | 16.2% | 26.4% | 75.7 | 31.4% |
| 1992 | $113B | $22,320 | $17,271 | −3.3% | 2.9% | 39.3% | 5.04M | 11.6% | 10.6% | 75.5 | 25.5% |
| 1991 | $128B | $25,489 | $17,563 | −5.9% | 4.3% | 21.9% | 5.01M | 6.5% | 11.1% | 75.2 | 21.3% |
| 1990 | $141B | $28,366 | $18,149 | 0.7% | 6.1% | 13.9% | 4.99M | 16.1% | 74.8 | 22.1% | |
| 1989 | $119B | $23,969 | 5.1% | 6.6% | 14.3% | 4.96M | 25.9% | 74.8 | 23.0% | ||
| 1988 | $109B | $22,044 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 16.5% | 4.95M | 28.0% | 74.6 | 23.9% | ||
| 1987 | $91.6B | $18,565 | 3.6% | 4.1% | 17.6% | 4.93M | 21.8% | 74.6 | 25.0% | ||
| 1986 | $73.5B | $14,947 | 2.8% | 2.9% | 16.4% | 4.92M | 15.9% | 74.6 | 25.7% | ||
| 1985 | $55.9B | $11,394 | 3.5% | 5.2% | 15.8% | 4.9M | 10.5% | 74.2 | 28.0% | ||
| 1984 | $52.9B | $10,830 | 3.2% | 7.1% | 15.2% | 4.88M | 78.8% | 74.5 | 29.5% | ||
| 1983 | $51B | $10,494 | 3.1% | 8.4% | 15.4% | 4.86M | 8.1% | 74.2 | 28.7% | ||
| 1982 | $52.8B | $10,935 | 3.1% | 9.6% | 13.9% | 4.83M | 5.2% | 74.3 | 28.9% | ||
| 1981 | $52.4B | $10,925 | 1.3% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 4.8M | 73.7 | 31.3% | |||
| 1980 | $53.6B | $11,225 | 5.4% | 11.6% | 10.9% | 4.78M | 73.4 | 30.8% | |||
| 1979 | $44.5B | $9,333 | 7.1% | 7.5% | 4.76M | 73.2 | 29.6% | ||||
| 1978 | $36.3B | $7,629 | 2.9% | 7.8% | 4.75M | 72.9 | 27.9% | ||||
| 1977 | $33.5B | $7,070 | 0.2% | 11.8% | 4.74M | 72.4 | 26.8% | ||||
| 1976 | $31.9B | $6,740 | 0.3% | 14.3% | 4.73M | 71.8 | 23.5% | ||||
| 1975 | $29.5B | $6,256 | 1.8% | 17.8% | 4.71M | 71.7 | 22.1% | ||||
| 1974 | $24.9B | $5,298 | 3.2% | 16.9% | 4.69M | 71.1 | 25.7% | ||||
| 1973 | $19.5B | $4,174 | 7.0% | 10.8% | 4.67M | 71.2 | 23.6% | ||||
| 1972 | $14.7B | $3,178 | 7.7% | 6.7% | 4.64M | 70.7 | 23.7% | ||||
| 1971 | $12.5B | $2,716 | 2.4% | 6.5% | 4.61M | 70.0 | 22.6% | ||||
| 1970 | $11.4B | $2,466 | 7.5% | 2.7% | 4.61M | 70.2 | 23.9% | ||||
| 1969 | $10.2B | $2,201 | 9.6% | 2.2% | 4.62M | 69.5 | |||||
| 1968 | $8.92B | $1,927 | 2.3% | 9.2% | 4.63M | 69.6 | |||||
| 1967 | $9.47B | $2,056 | 2.2% | 5.4% | 4.61M | 69.7 | |||||
| 1966 | $9.31B | $2,032 | 2.4% | 3.9% | 4.58M | 69.5 | |||||
| 1965 | $8.68B | $1,902 | 5.3% | 4.9% | 4.56M | 69.0 | |||||
| 1964 | $7.85B | $1,726 | 5.2% | 10.3% | 4.55M | 69.2 | |||||
| 1963 | $6.96B | $1,538 | 3.3% | 5.0% | 4.52M | 69.0 | |||||
| 1962 | $6.41B | $1,427 | 3.0% | 4.4% | 4.49M | 68.6 | |||||
| 1961 | $5.98B | $1,341 | 7.6% | 1.7% | 4.46M | 68.8 | |||||
| 1960 | $5.28B | $1,192 | 3.4% | 4.43M | 68.8 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)