International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland
Finland: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 1.65 billion current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland stood at 1.65 billion current US$. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 71.0% on the previous year and down 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland peaked at 6.07 billion current US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.65 billion current US$, in 2020.
That places Finland 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2.28 billion current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 2.29 billion current US$ | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 2.08 billion current US$ | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 2.06 billion current US$ | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 2.04 billion current US$ | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 1.85 billion current US$ | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 1.85 billion current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.01 billion current US$ | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 2.44 billion current US$ | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 2.82 billion current US$ | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 3.06 billion current US$ | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 3.42 billion current US$ | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 3.98 billion current US$ | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 4.54 billion current US$ | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 4.40 billion current US$ | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 4.30 billion current US$ | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 4.88 billion current US$ | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 4.89 billion current US$ | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 5.30 billion current US$ | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 5.30 billion current US$ | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 4.80 billion current US$ | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 5.19 billion current US$ | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 5.61 billion current US$ | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 6.07 billion current US$ | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 5.68 billion current US$ | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 1.65 billion current US$ | -71.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.15 billion current US$ | 2.04 billion current US$ | 2.29 billion current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.04 billion current US$ | 1.85 billion current US$ | 4.54 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.20 billion current US$ | 4.30 billion current US$ | 6.07 billion current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 billion current US$ | 1.65 billion current US$ | 1.65 billion current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More private sector data for Finland
- Merchandise trade 53.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 84.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 84.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,885 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2651 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Finland was 1.65 billion current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.07 billion current US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.65 billion current US$ in 2020.
- How does Finland rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Finland ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.