Current account was in surplus in December 2025

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According to Statistics Finland, the current account was in surplus in December 2025. The value of goods exports in balance of payments terms grew by two per cent year-on-year. There was net capital inflow to Finland from abroad.

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  • The current account was in surplus in December 2025.
  • The balance of goods and services showed a surplus of EUR 0.6 billion.
  • The services account remained at the same level as in the previous year and was EUR 0.1 billion in surplus.
  • The goods account in balance of payment terms strengthened by EUR 0.1 billion the from previous year and was EUR 0.5 billion in surplus.
  • There was net capital inflow to Finland from abroad.

Current account

The current account was EUR 1.2 billion in surplus in December 2025. The 12-month moving total of the current account was EUR 3.7 billion in surplus.

Of the sub-items of the current account, the goods account in balance of payment terms was EUR 0.5 billion in surplus. The value of goods exports in balance of payments terms grew by two per cent year-on-year and was EUR 6.5 billion. The value of goods imports in balance of payments terms grew by one per cent year-on-year to EUR 5.9 billion. The service account was EUR 0.1 billion in surplus. The value of both service exports and imports grew by two per cent year-on-year. The value of service exports was EUR 4.0 billion and the value of service imports amounted to EUR 3.9 billion.

The primary income account was EUR 0.7 billion in surplus. The secondary income account was EUR 0.1 billion in deficit.

Financial account

In December net capital inflow to Finland from abroad amounted to EUR 1.8 billion. Of the functional categories of the financial account, net capital inflow was highest in the form of other investments (EUR 6.5 billion).

Net capital outflow from Finland to abroad was highest in the form of portfolio investments (EUR 4.8 billion).

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Balance of payments and international investment position [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, December. ISSN=2342-348X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 12.2.2026].
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