Finland
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.6M (2025). World rank 117 of 216; in Europe, 23 of 48. Area: 338,424 km². World rank 67 of 249; in Europe, 7 of 52. GDP per person: $56,149 (2025). World rank 28 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 18 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 5.5M → 5.6M, GDP $233.2B → $317B, and GDP per person $42,560 → $56,149.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Finland
- Local name
- Suomi
- Capital
- Helsinki
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Alexander Stubb
- Head of government
- Petteri Orpo
- Independence
- December 6, 1917
- Women in parliament
- 45.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,646,436 2025
- Area
- 338,424 km²
- GDP
- $317B 2025
- GDP per person
- $56,149 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +358
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,250
- Neighbours
- Norway, Sweden, Russia
- Agricultural land
- 7.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Halti, 1,328 m
- Lowest point
- Baltic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 164
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 6
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, -4°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 536 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 16.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 74.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +18.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 9.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 61.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 24.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 7.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 66.6%, no religion 30.6%, other 1.7%, and Orthodox 1.1% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 91.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 91.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 92.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 83.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 88.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $65,884 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $55,250 2025
- Inflation
- +0.3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 85 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 62.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 9.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 21.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 56.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 42.3% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 41.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +1.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 25.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 27.4 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.2% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 98.9% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 142% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 110% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.4% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 10.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $5,515 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 14.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.6 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 14 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.6 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 94% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 1.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 8 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 55.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 21.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 14.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 82.3 2025
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 4.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 5.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 8.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 74.2% 2024
- Protected areas
- 13.5% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 19,258 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 7.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 93.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 126 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 36.5 2024
- Internet domain
- .fi
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 15,057 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 50.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 52.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 2.9% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 10,794,518 2023
- Airports
- 98 2025
- Railways, km
- 5,918 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.1% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 8,315 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 11,224 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,770 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 9.3% 2024