FINLAND

Capital Helsinki
Area (km2) 338 150
Total population (thousands, 2023) 5 584
Population density (per km2) 17
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.stat.fi
Statistics Finland
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 18%
   hourly wage, 2023 17%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 24%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 55%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 36%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 84.3
   males, years 79.0
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 21.8
   males, years 18.4
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 3.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.0
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.5
-2.3
2.3
3.5
0.9
-0.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.8
7.7
7.7
6.8
7.2
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
17.2
21.4
17.1
14.2
16.2
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 356 978
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 64 004
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 41.7
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 41.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 49 368
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.764
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 73
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 423

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 5 915
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 948
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 701
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 41
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 5 198
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 7 868
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 69 460
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 28 267