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Net returns on foreign direct investments record high again in 2023

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release | Foreign direct investments 2023

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According to Statistics Finland, Finland’s outward FDI generated EUR 14.2 billion and inward FDI EUR 5.8 billion. Thus, the net effect of direct investments on the primary income account of the current account was a record high EUR 8.4 billion in 2023. The previous record level was EUR 6.5 billion in 2022.

Key selections

  • Inward FDI generated EUR 5.8 billion and outward FDI EUR 14.2 billion. The net effect of returns on Finland's current account was record high, EUR 8.4 billion.
  • The value of the stock of inward FDI was EUR 81.6 billion and of outward FDI EUR 139.2 billion.
  • According to the directional principle, net capital inflow in the form of direct investments (excl. reinvested earnings) amounted to EUR 6.0 billion and net capital outflow to EUR 0.8 billion.

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Returns on FDI in 2023

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Foreign direct investments [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=2342-351X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.12.2024].
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