Output of the national economy fell in September 2025

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release | Trend indicator of output 2025, September

According to Statistics Finland, output adjusted for working days fell by 0.2 per cent in September 2025 from the previous year’s September. Seasonally adjusted output decreased by 0.4 per cent in September from the month before. According to revised data, working day adjusted output fell in August 2025 by 0.7 per cent (previously -0.5%) from August last year.

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  • Output adjusted for working days fell by 0.2 per cent in September compared to September 2024.
  • Seasonally adjusted output for September 2025 fell by 0.4 per cent compared to August 2025.
  • Gross domestic product fell by 0.1 per cent from the previous quarter.
  • The number of employed persons fell by 0.7 per cent and the number of hours worked fell by 0.3 per cent from the previous quarter.

Gross domestic product is estimated to have decreased in the third quarter of 2025

Seasonally adjusted GDP is estimated to have decreased by 0.1 per cent in July to September 2025 from the previous quarter. According to the series adjusted for working days, GDP was 0.9 per cent lower than in the corresponding quarter of the year before. It is estimated that the number of the employed adjusted for working days has decreased by 1.6 per cent from one year ago. The number of hours worked is estimated to have decreased by 2.4 per cent from the corresponding quarter of the year before.

The data are based on preliminary data of the Trend Indicator of Output. The next quarterly national accounts with revised data will be published on 28 November 2025.

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Annual change in volume of the working day adjusted series, %

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Trend indicator of output [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, September. ISSN=1798-5439. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 31.10.2025].
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