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Government debt in Finland

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Finland's government debt is 89.30 % — #104 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

89.30%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Finland over time

89.30 %50.10 %10.90 %10.90 % · 19801980: 10.90 %1981: 11.50 %1982: 13.90 %1983: 15.40 %1984: 15.20 %1985: 15.80 %1986: 16.40 %1987: 17.60 %1988: 16.50 %1989: 14.30 %1990: 13.90 %1991: 21.90 %1992: 39.30 %1993: 54.20 %1994: 56.20 %1995: 55.20 %1996: 55.40 %1997: 52.20 %1998: 46.80 %1999: 44.00 %2000: 42.40 %2001: 40.90 %2002: 40.10 %2003: 42.70 %2004: 42.60 %2005: 39.90 %2006: 38.00 %2007: 33.90 %2008: 32.60 %2009: 41.50 %2010: 50.10 %2011: 52.00 %2012: 57.90 %2013: 60.80 %2014: 64.80 %2015: 68.80 %2016: 68.60 %2017: 66.60 %2018: 65.30 %2019: 65.30 %2020: 75.30 %2021: 73.10 %2022: 74.00 %2023: 77.00 %2024: 82.40 %2025: 89.30 %19802003202589.30 %
46 official observations, 1980 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#104 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
16 %
20 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 6.90 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 78.40 pp
since 1980

In Europe: #29 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +34.75 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Finland: ahead of 16 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtFinland 89.30 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Finland is ahead of 16 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Finland
102 Egypt86.80 %−2.50 pp
103 El Salvador87.20 %−2.10 pp
104 Finland89.30 %—
105 Portugal89.90 %+0.60 pp
106 Brazil93.30 %+4.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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