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Releases

Number of adoptions decreased further (31.8.2021)

Number of adoptions decreased (20.8.2020)

Number of adoptions remained unchanged (21.8.2019)

Number of adoptions rose in 2017 (23.8.2018)

Number of adoptions decreased in 2016 (21.6.2017)

Number of adoptions decreased in 2015 (10.6.2016)

Number of adoptions decreased in 2014 (17.6.2015)

Number of adoptions from abroad decreased in 2013 (28.5.2014)

Number of adoptions unchanged in 2012 (31.5.2013)

Number of domestic adoptions fell slightly in 2011 (31.5.2012)

Domestic adoptions increased in 2010 (1.6.2011)

Number of children adopted to Finland from abroad increased slightly in 2009 (20.5.2010)

Number of children adopted to Finland from abroad fell further in 2008 (29.5.2009)

Number of children adopted to Finland from abroad fell in 2007 (27.6.2008)

Number of children adopted to Finland from abroad fell in 2006 (8.6.2007)

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Adoptions [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-738X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 12.5.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/adopt/tie_en.html