Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Finland
Finland: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 9.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Finland, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Finland recorded 9.4% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Finland peaked at 30.7% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2021.
That places Finland 177th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Finland, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 30.7% | — |
| 1976 | 27.8% | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 26.5% | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 24.2% | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 25.2% | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 25.6% | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 24.0% | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 21.7% | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 19.9% | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 20.5% | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 21.6% | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 23.1% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 24.1% | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 25.7% | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 25.5% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 25.5% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 30.2% | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 30.2% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 27.8% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 25.7% | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 22.5% | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 23.2% | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 24.9% | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 27.1% | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 18.3% | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 24.5% | +56.1% |
| 2003 | 24.6% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 21.8% | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 17.9% | -17.6% |
| 2006 | 20.3% | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 20.3% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 14.0% | -31.2% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 14.6% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | -21.7% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | -59.4% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | -19.7% |
| 2022 | 9.5% | +103.7% |
| 2023 | 11.1% | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 10.0% | -9.4% |
| 2025 | 9.4% | -6.5% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 9.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 35% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Finland's 9.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 46% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Finland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +103.7% | 4.7% | 9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.9% | 24.2% | 30.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 23.2% | 19.9% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.1% | 22.5% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.1% | 13.8% | 24.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 12.2% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 4.7% | 11.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More private sector data for Finland
- Merchandise trade 53.3% (2025)
- Food imports 9.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 84.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 49.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 84.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 44.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,885 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Finland?
- Travel services in Finland was 9.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 30.7% in 1975.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2021.
- How does Finland rank for travel services?
- Finland ranks 177th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.