ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Finland

Europe & Central Asia. High income. Capital: Helsinki. Population 5,646,436 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
37,479 47,283 57,087 1995 2025 55,735
GDP growth (%)
−7.8 −0.8 6.1 1995 2025 0.2
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−0.1 3.4 7.0 1995 2025 0.3
Life expectancy at birth (years)
76.5 79.4 82.2 1995 2024 82.3

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 55,735 2025 +310 +2,953 31 of 199
GDP growth% 0.2% 2025 +2.7 pp −0.3 pp 192 of 209
GDP per person growth% −0.3% 2025 +2.3 pp −0.4 pp 183 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 55,250 2025 +5,620 +8,390 24 of 201
Trade% of GDP 83.4% 2025 +11.2 pp +11.4 pp 90 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 0.1% 2025 +1.1 pp −7.4 pp 170 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 0.3% 2025 0.0 pp +0.6 pp 160 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 9.5% 2025 +1.7 pp +0.1 pp 39 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 5,646,436 2025 +116,893 +166,905 117 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.5% 2025 +0.3 pp +0.1 pp 138 of 217
Urban population% of total 74.5% 2025 +1.4 pp +3.2 pp 75 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 82.3 2024 +0.4 +1.2 30 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 1.9 2024 0.0 −0.2 189 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 10.5% 2023 +1.4 pp +0.6 pp 24 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Government spending on education% of GDP 6.4% 2022 0.0 pp −0.8 pp 19 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 93.7% 2024 +4.1 pp +7.2 pp 36 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 32 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 27.4 2023 +0.1 +0.2 76 of 85
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 0.2% 2023 +0.1 pp +0.1 pp 68 of 85

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 50.2% 2021 +7.8 pp +15.1 pp 48 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 55,679 0.0 49,305 42,577 1,355 +0.6% 113% 118%
GDP growth 0.9% −0.4 2.2% 2.1% 1.8 – – –
GDP per person growth 0.6% −0.5 1.7% 1.9% 1.8 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 49,517 +1.7 37,020 26,410 3,362 +1.7% 153% 172%
Trade 79.5% +0.6 100.6% 100.8% 7.2 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 3.3% −0.8 2.1% 1.9% 4.0 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 2.0% −0.7 2.3% 3.7% 2.5 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 7.9% +1.8 5.1% 5.6% 0.9 – – –
Population 5,535,067 +2.6 2,930,494 5,827,802 42,220 +0.3% 193% 209%
Population growth 0.3% +1.1 0.4% 0.3% 0.2 – – –
Urban population 72.8% +1.7 81.3% 69.3% 1.0 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 81.6 +2.6 81.3 79.9 0.3 – – –
Infant mortality 1.9 −0.6 3.6 3.4 0.1 – – –
Health spending 9.6% +3.0 8.0% 7.9% 0.3 – – –
Government spending on education 6.8% −1.2 4.5% 4.6% 0.3 – – –
Internet users 89.8% +1.4 93.5% 91.9% 2.8 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Gini index (inequality) 27.3 +0.2 31.8 31.8 0.3 – – –
Poverty headcount ratio 0.1% +2.7 0.4% 0.4% 0.1 – – –
Renewable energy 42.0% +2.2 11.4% 19.3% 3.7 – – –

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