Social benefits, Transactions in Finland
Finland: Social benefits, Transactions was 62.69 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Social benefits, Transactions in Finland, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Finland recorded 62.69 billion for social benefits, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, transactions in Finland peaked at 62.69 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23.48 billion, in 2000.
That places Finland 23rd out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Social benefits, Transactions in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 23.61 billion | — |
| 2000 | 23.48 billion | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 24.48 billion | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 26.06 billion | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 27.26 billion | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 28.39 billion | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 29.31 billion | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 30.12 billion | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 30.95 billion | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 32.75 billion | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 35.82 billion | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 37.37 billion | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 38.85 billion | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 41.26 billion | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 43.84 billion | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 45.80 billion | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 47.37 billion | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 48.30 billion | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 48.88 billion | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 49.55 billion | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 50.62 billion | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 53.69 billion | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 54.76 billion | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 55.47 billion | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 58.94 billion | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 62.21 billion | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 62.69 billion | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.61 billion | 23.61 billion | 23.61 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 28.86 billion | 23.48 billion | 35.82 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.18 billion | 37.37 billion | 50.62 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.96 billion | 53.69 billion | 62.69 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More public sector data for Finland
- Arms imports 64.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 11.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 72.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 64.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,243 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0234 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 6.99 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 121.73 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, transactions in Finland?
- Social benefits, transactions in Finland was 62.69 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, transactions recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 62.69 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest social benefits, transactions recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.48 billion in 2000.
- How does Finland rank for social benefits, transactions?
- Finland ranks 23rd out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is social benefits, transactions rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.