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	Country statistical profile: Finland 2009

		Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Gross domestic product
	Gross domestic product (GDP)	Bln USD curr. PPPs	132.8	138.3	143.5	144.4	156.3	161.0	171.6	183.6
	GDP per capita	USD current PPPs	25 653	26 652	27 592	27 703	29 905	30 695	32 586	34 718
	Gross national income (GNI) per capita	USD current PPPs	25 474	26 601	27 672	27 345	30 117	30 865	32 916	35 139
	Economic growth
	Real GDP growth	Annual growth %	5.0	2.6	1.6	1.8	3.7	2.8	4.9	4.5
	Net saving rate in household disposable income	%	-0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.5	0.5	-2.0	..
	Gross fixed capital formation	% of GDP	19.4	19.5	17.9	18.1	18.2	18.9	19.3	20.3
	GDP per hour worked	Annual growth %	3.6	2.0	1.0	2.1	3.0	1.8	3.2	2.5
	GDP deflator	Annual growth %	2.6	3.0	1.3	-0.4	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.9
	Economic structure
	Real value added: agriculture, forestry, fishing	Annual growth %	8.7	1.9	2.0	-7.0	1.5	3.7	-0.3	16.6
	Real value added: industry	Annual growth %	9.6	3.6	3.0	2.6	4.6	3.4	9.6	8.4
	Real value added: services	Annual growth %	3.3	2.5	0.4	0.5	3.4	2.4	3.4	2.8
	Government deficits and debt
	Government deficit	% of GDP	6.9	5.0	4.2	2.4	2.2	2.7	4.0	5.3
	General government debt	% of GDP	52.4	49.8	49.5	51.3	51.4	48.4	44.8	41.5
	Expenditure
	Public expenditure on health	% of GDP	5.1	5.3	5.6	5.9	6.0	6.2	6.2	..
	Total expenditure on health	% of GDP	7.0	7.2	7.6	8.0	8.1	8.3	8.2	..
	Public social expenditure	% of GDP	24.3	24.2	25.0	25.8	26.0	26.1	..	..
	Public pension expenditures	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.1	..
	Private pension expenditures	% of GDP	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.2	9.1
	Net official development assistance (Aid)	% of GNI	0.31	0.32	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.46	0.40	0.39
	Taxes
	Total tax revenue	% of GDP	47.2	44.6	44.6	44.0	43.4	43.9	43.5	43.0
	Taxes on income and profits	% of GDP	20.3	18.2	18.1	17.0	16.8	16.8	16.6	16.9
	Taxes on goods and services	% of GDP	13.7	13.2	13.5	14.1	13.8	13.8	13.5	12.9
	Taxes on the average worker	% of labour cost	47.8	46.4	45.9	45.0	44.5	44.6	44.1	43.7
	Trade
	Trade in goods and services	% of GDP	38.7	36.6	35.7	35.0	36.5	39.6	42.7	43.2
	Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods	Bln USD	11.7	10.7	11.0	10.9	10.1	6.8	7.8	8.3
	Imports of goods	Bln USD	34.1	32.2	33.6	41.6	50.7	58.5	69.4	81.7
	Exports of goods	Bln USD	45.8	42.8	44.7	52.5	60.8	65.2	77.3	90.1
	Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services	Bln USD	-1.4	-0.2	0.6	-0.7	0.6	-0.7	-1.1	-0.2
	Imports of services	Bln USD	9.1	9.4	9.8	12.1	14.6	17.7	18.6	20.8
	Exports of services	Bln USD	7.7	9.2	10.4	11.5	15.2	17.0	17.5	20.6
	Current account balance of payments	% of GDP	8.1	8.6	8.8	5.2	6.5	3.6	4.6	4.6
	Foreign direct investment (FDI)
	Outward FDI stocks	Mln USD	52 109	..	..	76 050	85 023	81 663	94 586	..
	Inward FDI stocks	Mln USD	24 272	..	..	50 257	57 379	54 587	67 991	..
	Inflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	8 836	3 732	8 053	3 322	2 828	4 747	5 484	8 477
	Outflows of foreign direct investment	Mln USD	24 035	8 372	7 378	-2 282	-1 080	4 220	3 163	8 624
	Prices and interest rates
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): all items	2000 = 100	100.0	102.6	104.2	105.1	105.3	106.0	107.6	110.3
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): food	2000 = 100	100.0	104.4	107.4	108.1	108.9	109.5	111.0	113.3
	Consumer Price Indices (CPI): energy	2000 = 100	100.0	98.2	97.3	102.0	105.9	113.1	119.7	121.8
	Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing	2000 = 100	100.0	98.9	96.6	95.5	95.3	98.0	101.5	105.4
	Long-term interest rates	%	5.48	5.04	4.98	4.14	4.11	3.35	3.78	4.29
	Purchasing power and exchange rates
	Purchasing power parities	ISK per USD	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.01	0.97	0.98	0.97	0.98
	Exchange rates	ISK per USD	1.09	1.12	1.06	0.89	0.81	0.80	0.80	0.73
	Indices of price levels	OECD = 100	98	101	105	117	118	119	121	128
	Energy supply and prices
	Total primary energy supply (TPES)	Mtoe	32.5	33.2	34.9	37.0	37.2	34.4	37.4	37.2
	Total primary energy supply per capita	Toe per capita	6.27	6.40	6.70	7.10	7.12	6.55	7.11	7.06
	TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs	Toe per '000 USD	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.25	0.23	0.24	0.23
	Renewables' contribution to total primary energy supply	%	24.5	23.0	22.7	21.7	23.3	23.4	23.1	23.2
	Crude oil import prices	USD per barrel	28.13	23.49	24.51	27.72	36.09	51.12	63.37	70.48
	Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
	ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation	%	19.5	17.9	18.5	20.1	19.2	21.2	..	..
	ICT-related occupations: total employment	%	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	24.9
	Households with access to the Internet	%	..	39.5	44.3	47.4	50.9	54.1	64.7	68.8
	Environment
	Water abstractions	Mln m3	2 346	..	..	..	..	..	2 319	..
	Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports	'000 tonnes	92	96	95	76	89	77	102	..
	Aquaculture	'000 tonnes	15	16	15	13	13	14	13	..
	Municipal waste total	'000 tonnes	2 600	..	..	..	..	..	2 600	..
	Municipal waste per capita	Kg	..	..	..	..	..	..	495	..
	CO2 emissions from fuel combustion	Mln tonnes	54	59	62	72	67	55	67	..
	Education
	University level: graduation rates in peer age group	%	41	45	49	48	47	48	48	..
	Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64	%	32.0	32.3	32.6	33.3	34.2	34.6	35.1	..
	Employment
	Employment rate in population aged 15-24	%	42.9	43.5	42.4	41.4	41.3	42.1	44.1	46.4
	Employment rate in population aged 25-54	%	80.9	81.5	81.6	81.1	81.0	81.7	82.5	83.3
	Employment rate in population aged 55-64	%	42.3	45.9	47.8	49.9	51.0	52.6	54.5	55.0
	Incidence of part-time employment	%	10.4	10.5	11.0	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.4	11.7
	Self-employment rate: total civilian employment	%	13.7	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.9	12.6
	Self-employment rate, men: male civilian employment	%	17.8	16.8	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	17.1	16.8
	Self-employment rate, women: female civilian employment	%	9.2	8.9	8.7	8.8	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.2
	Unemployment
	Unemployment rate: total civilian labour force	%	9.6	9.1	9.1	9.1	8.9	8.4	7.7	6.9
	Unemployment rate, men: male civilian labour force	%	8.7	8.7	9.1	9.3	8.8	8.2	7.4	6.5
	Unemployment rate, women: female civilian labour force	%	10.6	9.7	9.1	8.9	9.0	8.6	8.1	7.2
	Long-term unemployment: total unemployed	%	29.0	26.2	24.4	24.7	23.4	24.9	24.8	23.0
	Labour compensation and hours worked
	Labour compensation per hour, total economy	USD	17.5	18.0	18.5	18.9	20.1	20.9	21.8	22.6
	Average time worked per person in employment	Hours per year	1 750	1 734	1 728	1 720	1 724	1 718	1 714	1 710
	Research and Development (R&D)
	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D	% of GDP	3.34	3.30	3.36	3.43	3.45	3.48	3.45	3.47
	Researchers: full-time equivalent	Per '000 employed	15.2	15.8	16.4	17.7	17.3 \|	16.5	16.6	15.7
	Population
	Total population	'000 persons	5 176	5 188	5 201	5 213	5 228	5 246	5 266	5 289
	Population growth rates	%	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
	Total fertility rates	Children	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	..
	Ratio of population aged 65 and over to total	%	14.9	15.1	15.2	15.5	15.7	15.9	16.2	16.5
	International migration
	Net migration rate	Per '000 inhabitants	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.9	2.5
	Foreign-born population	% of population	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.4	3.6	..
	Foreign population	% of population	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born men	% of labour force	10.3	..	..	10.9	9.9	8.0	8.6	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born men	% of labour force	..	..	..	18.4	21.3	16.6	16.0	..
	Unemployment rate of native-born women	% of labour force	12.0	..	..	9.7	10.2	8.3	8.9	..
	Unemployment rate of foreign-born women	% of labour force	..	..	..	20.0	25.3	20.2	20.4	..
	Health
	Life expectancy at birth	Years	77.7	78.2	78.3	78.5	79.0	79.1	79.5	..
	Life expectancy at birth: men	Years	74.2	74.6	74.9	75.1	75.4	75.6	75.9	..
	Life expectancy at birth: women	Years	81.2	81.7	81.6	81.9	82.5	82.5	83.1	..
	Infant mortality	Per '000	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.8	..
	Society
	Suicide rates	Per 100 000 persons	..	..	..	..	18.4	..	..	..
	Household expenditure on recreation and culture	% of GDP	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.7
	Number of tourists	'000	1 751	1 774	1 796	1 800	1 825	1 828	2 045	2 188
	Road fatalities	Per mln inhabitants	76	83	80	73	72	72	64	72
Note: \|: Break in series Last updated 6 April 2009
Source: For explanatory notes, see OECD Factbook 2009 (www.SourceOECD.org/factbook)

doi: 10.1787/20752288-2009-table-fin