Finland
Government debt in Finland
Government debt in Finland: 10.9% of GDP in 1980 and 88.4% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 88.4% of GDP
- Since 1980
- +77.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 25 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 101.2% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 101.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Finland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 88.4 |
| 2024 | 82.5 |
| 2023 | 77.2 |
| 2022 | 74.1 |
| 2021 | 73.1 |
| 2020 | 75.3 |
| 2019 | 65.3 |
| 2018 | 65.3 |
| 2017 | 66.6 |
| 2016 | 68.7 |
| 2015 | 68.8 |
| 2014 | 64.8 |
| 2013 | 60.8 |
| 2012 | 57.9 |
| 2011 | 52 |
| 2010 | 50.1 |
| 2009 | 41.5 |
| 2008 | 32.6 |
| 2007 | 33.9 |
| 2006 | 38 |
| 2005 | 39.9 |
| 2004 | 42.6 |
| 2003 | 42.7 |
| 2002 | 40.1 |
| 2001 | 40.9 |
| 2000 | 42.5 |
| 1999 | 44 |
| 1998 | 46.8 |
| 1997 | 52.2 |
| 1996 | 55.4 |
| 1995 | 55.2 |
| 1994 | 56.2 |
| 1993 | 54.2 |
| 1992 | 39.3 |
| 1991 | 21.9 |
| 1990 | 13.9 |
| 1989 | 14.3 |
| 1988 | 16.5 |
| 1987 | 17.7 |
| 1986 | 16.4 |
| 1985 | 15.8 |
| 1984 | 15.2 |
| 1983 | 15.4 |
| 1982 | 13.9 |
| 1981 | 11.5 |
| 1980 | 10.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Finland |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 90.6 |
| 2027 | 92.1 |
| 2028 | 94.5 |
| 2029 | 97.1 |
| 2030 | 99.1 |
| 2031 | 101.2 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.57% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.61B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,437 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.8% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports51 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports115 million TIV in 2025