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Finland

Europe & Central Asia Capital Helsinki High income Nation age 109 years (since 1917) i FIN · FI
NationsTree Index 2025 i73.326th of 196 Tree height 2025 i13 msee ranking Military strength i61percentile
Population i5.6 m117th of 217 Area i338,485 km²66th of 216 GDP i$317.04 bn48th of 210 GDP (PPP) i$372.01 bn intl.61st of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$65,884 intl.31st of 199 Life expectancy i82.3 years30th of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i83
Strength · trunk i75
Quality of life · crown i85
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i72
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i20
CSV

In short

Finland is 26th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 73.3 out of 100; its tree is 13 m tall.

It has 5.6 million people and an economy of $372.01 bn at purchasing power parity, 61st of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Access to electricity (1st of 215), Rule of law (1st of 207) and Control of corruption (2nd of 207).

Its weakest positions: GDP growth (193rd of 210), General government gross debt (157th of 189) and Unemployment (148th of 187).

Over five years it fell from 12th to 26th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

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Surface area ikm² 338,485 66th/216
Land area ikm² 304,000 71st/216
Population ipeople 5.6 m 117th/217
Population growth i% 0.47% 138th/217
Population density ipeople/km² 18.5 191st/216
Urban population i% 74.5% 75th/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 14.3% 192nd/217
Population aged 65+ i% 24.2% 7th/217

Economy

59
GDP iUSD $317.04 bn 48th/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $372.01 bn 61st/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $314.71 bn 62nd/199
GDP per person iUSD $56,149 29th/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $65,884 31st/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $55,250 24th/201
GDP growth i% 0.2% 193rd/210
Inflation i% 0.3% 21st/180
Unemployment i% 9.5% 148th/187
Central government debt i% of GDP 58.3%1994
General government gross debt i% of GDP 88.4% 157th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP -3.8% 125th/192

Main industries

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Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 2.6% 136th/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 22.5% 109th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 14.2% 52nd/192
Services i% of GDP 62.1% 72nd/200

Trade

56
Exports of goods & services iUSD $134.19 bn 41st/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $130.21 bn 42nd/182
Exports i% of GDP 42.3% 71st/183
Imports i% of GDP 41.1% 99th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 83.4% 90th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 8.2% 57th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 66.0% 45th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 3.1% 147th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 7.1% 52nd/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 9.3% 70th/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 1.0% 69th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 0.1% 171st/196

Natural resources

58
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 0.4% 134th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 0.05% 85th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 0.00% 100th/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.00% 68th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.11% 68th/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 0.29% 81st/209
Arable land i% of land area 7.4% 118th/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 19,258 31st/183

Tourism

49
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 896,000 102nd/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $1.76 bn 55th/175
Tourism receipts i% of exports 1.8% 134th/168
Outbound trips idepartures 2.7 m 44th/107

Society & health

84
Life expectancy iyears 82.3 30th/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 2.4 6th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 3.61 42nd/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 2.6 69th/145
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 91% 93rd/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 91.7% 42nd/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 142.4% 3rd/173
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 39.4% 6th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 10.5% 24th/193
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 110.3% 6th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.948 12th/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 27.4 12th/108
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.2% 18th/108

Infrastructure & digital

81
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed drinking water i% of population 99.6% 22nd/150
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 90.1% 37th/144
Internet users i% of population 93.7% 36th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 126 74th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 36.5 38th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 4.20 5th/164
Rail lines iroute-km 5,918 24th/82
Air passengers carried ipassengers 10.8 m 47th/161

Environment & energy

77
CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 5.54 159th/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 50.2% 48th/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 4.6 8th/200
Forest area i% of land area 74.2% 13th/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 5,647 12th/149

Institutions & safety

92
Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 92.1 6th/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 91.2 2nd/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 91.8 1st/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 82.3 45th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 83.6 7th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 88.8 3rd/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 1.0 41st/145

Military

58
Military expenditure iUSD $8.08 bn 36th/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 2.6% 39th/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 4.4% 96th/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 22,000 100th/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 0.80% 88th/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 51.0 m 65th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 115.0 m 24th/65

Science & innovation

85
R&D spending i% of GDP 3.09% 11th/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 1,770 23rd/137
Scientific articles iarticles 11,224 40th/197

Compare Finland with

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Wikidata P571 (inception) (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Finland — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/finland. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Finland — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/finland. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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