Foreign direct investment inflows in Finland

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Finland were 0.1% of GDP in 2025.

Finland, 2025 0.1% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −2.8percentage points 2024: 2.9%
European Union, 2025 1.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 161st of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Finland over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period FinlandEuropean Union
2025 0.1% 1.2%
2024 2.9% 1.0%
2023 0.0% -1.3%
2022 4.7% 1.4%
2021 8.0% 3.9%
2020 -0.9% 1.2%
2019 6.1% 3.7%
2018 -3.8% 0.5%
2017 6.7% 4.0%
2016 2.2% 5.2%
2015 7.5% 6.2%
2014 6.4% 3.0%
2013 -1.8% 4.0%
2012 1.9% 4.0%
2011 -2.2% 5.7%
2010 4.9% 3.3%
2009 -3.5% 3.9%
2008 6.8% 5.0%
2007 8.6% 10.0%
2006 2.1% 7.2%
2005 5.3% 6.1%
2004 3.4% 2.7%
2003 3.5% 3.0%
2002 5.8% 3.7%
2001 2.5% 5.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 2.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by −7.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Finland has the 161st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025 for Finland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics