Finland GDP Growth Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

-0.1

Units In

-0.4

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

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Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
5 Sep 1980	-6.5 Mar 2009	0.48 %	1975-2025	Statistics Finland

Although services account for 65 percent of Finnish economy, key sector is manufacturing, mainly wood, metals, engineering, telecommunications, and electronics industries. On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of GDP and accounts for 55 percent of its total use, followed by government expenditure (25 percent) and gross fixed capital formation (20 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 38 percent of GDP while imports account for 39 percent, subtracting 1 percent of total GDP. .

Latest Updates

Finland’s economy contracted by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2025, a deeper decline than the preliminary estimate of 0.1%, albeit easing from a 0.4% drop in the previous period. Household consumption (0.2% vs -0.7% in Q2) rebounded, while government spending declined at a softer pace (-0.2% vs -1.2%). Moreover, net external demand supported GDP, as exports climbed to 2% from 0.1%, while imports slowed to 2.1% from 2.8%. In contrast, gross fixed capital formation slipped to 0.4% after a 1.9% rise in the previous quarter. On a yearly basis, GDP contracted 0.6% in the third quarter of 2025, reversing an upwardly revised 0.2% expansion in the preceding quarter.