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Balance of payments and international investment position

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)

Balance of payments describes the external balance of the national economy from the views of both real and financial economy. International investment position describes foreign asset and liability stocks generated from financial account capital flows. The data are collected from various sources and published monthly and quarterly.

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The current account was in deficit in March 2023

12/05/2023

release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2023, March

The current account was in deficit in February 2023

12/04/2023

release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2023, February

The current account was in balance in the fourth quarter of 2022

15/03/2023

release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2022, 4th quarter

Balance of payments and international investment position 2023, January, data revisions

15/03/2023

database release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2023, January, data revisions

The current account was in surplus in January 2023

10/03/2023

release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2023, January

The current account was in deficit in December 2022

10/02/2023

release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2022, December

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15.03.2023

Goods and services, quarterly

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1,277 2,277 2,211 1,436 1,129 2,466 3,224 2,154 1,405 2,327 1,638 1,655 94 802 308 2,501 -468 1,107 -79 2,010 -362 -592 109 -698 -1,528 -753 -107 -735 -743 -355 -531 -534 -826 -773 -350 -428 -894 600 -270 -639 -646 -463 -517 -1,154 -26 -25 84 68 -573 -399 -931 -1,026 174 -258 -449 913 -1,473 -135 -876 2,663 -588 -31 53 789 -2,553 -2,497 -2,042 -237

15.03.2023

Gross external debt, quarterly

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15.03.2023

Current account and capital account, quarterly

	CA Current account	G Goods	S Services	IN1 Primary income	IN2 Secondary income	KA Capital account
2006Q1	1,670	2,534	-1,257	866	-473	35
2006Q2	546	3,820	-1,543	-1,282	-450	41
2006Q3	2,788	3,560	-1,349	994	-416	41
2006Q4	1,793	3,199	-1,763	972	-615	41
2007Q1	1,177	2,768	-1,639	587	-539	34
2007Q2	58	4,142	-1,677	-1,963	-445	36
2007Q3	3,836	4,577	-1,354	988	-375	36
2007Q4	2,464	4,269	-2,115	840	-530	36
2008Q1	1,643	2,879	-1,474	815	-577	36
2008Q2	-601	4,136	-1,809	-2,487	-441	40
2008Q3	2,081	2,704	-1,066	866	-423	39
2008Q4	1,817	3,242	-1,587	785	-623	39
2009Q1	324	1,623	-1,529	808	-579	30
2009Q2	-609	2,944	-2,142	-787	-625	38
2009Q3	1,107	1,568	-1,260	1,325	-527	38
2009Q4	2,807	3,458	-957	859	-553	38
2010Q1	-193	792	-1,260	843	-569	37
2010Q2	-322	2,187	-1,081	-786	-643	43
2010Q3	574	1,237	-1,316	1,178	-524	43
2010Q4	2,744	3,217	-1,207	1,224	-490	42
2011Q1	-534	738	-1,100	506	-678	47
2011Q2	-1,871	772	-1,365	-1,037	-241	47
2011Q3	473	785	-676	844	-480	43
2011Q4	-919	12	-710	494	-715	44
2012Q1	-2,110	144	-1,672	329	-911	48
2012Q2	-1,239	965	-1,719	-472	-13	14
2012Q3	21	895	-1,002	646	-518	36
2012Q4	-802	416	-1,151	461	-527	103
2013Q1	-1,112	477	-1,220	295	-665	54
2013Q2	-1,418	1,054	-1,409	-394	-668	55
2013Q3	-477	179	-710	768	-714	54
2013Q4	-664	643	-1,178	527	-656	56
2014Q1	-1,040	67	-894	606	-820	34
2014Q2	-1,584	389	-1,162	-192	-619	34
2014Q3	-366	272	-623	525	-541	35
2014Q4	233	686	-1,115	1,328	-667	69
2015Q1	-1,142	-128	-765	710	-959	40
2015Q2	-1,126	1,653	-1,053	-1,061	-666	40
2015Q3	483	199	-468	1,070	-317	39
2015Q4	-197	186	-824	1,109	-668	38
2016Q1	-990	-232	-414	499	-843	22
2016Q2	-2,249	466	-930	-1,394	-392	23
2016Q3	-384	125	-642	781	-648	29
2016Q4	-725	-335	-819	1,097	-667	36
2017Q1	-348	322	-348	212	-534	42
2017Q2	-1,937	529	-554	-1,389	-523	44
2017Q3	167	481	-396	565	-482	45
2017Q4	303	168	-100	736	-501	46
2018Q1	-856	36	-609	383	-666	48
2018Q2	-3,015	727	-1,126	-2,059	-556	47
2018Q3	-769	-327	-604	701	-539	51
2018Q4	333	-173	-853	1,908	-549	48
2019Q1	118	1,024	-850	817	-873	47
2019Q2	-3,451	79	-337	-2,673	-521	47
2019Q3	528	-327	-122	1,524	-547	47
2019Q4	2,057	1,527	-614	1,552	-408	47
2020Q1	-1,460	-264	-1,209	652	-639	50
2020Q2	-1,130	847	-982	-141	-853	50
2020Q3	585	-33	-843	1,896	-435	50
2020Q4	3,327	2,199	464	1,612	-948	50
2021Q1	-289	142	-730	1,246	-947	43
2021Q2	22	644	-675	695	-642	43
2021Q3	1,755	793	-741	2,241	-539	21
2021Q4	-258	721	68	-263	-785	43
2022Q1	-2,554	-1,388	-1,165	640	-641	52
2022Q2	-6,140	-460	-2,038	-2,917	-725	34
2022Q3	-1,609	-286	-1,756	1,038	-605	48
2022Q4	-36	895	-1,132	876	-675	12

15.03.2023

Financial account and net international investment position, quarterly

	Total	D Direct investment	P Portfolio investment	O Other investment	F Financial derivatives and employee stock options	R Reserve assets
2006Q1	-41,413	21,060	-71,516	970	2,342	5,731
2006Q2	-28,883	21,161	-62,427	5,396	1,397	5,590
2006Q3	-24,861	20,068	-50,003	-1,745	1,085	5,733
2006Q4	-25,465	19,851	-56,192	4,392	792	5,693
2007Q1	-31,443	23,313	-60,427	-3,154	3,274	5,551
2007Q2	-44,593	23,137	-81,359	5,776	2,503	5,350
2007Q3	-57,776	20,954	-89,943	3,403	2,074	5,737
2007Q4	-52,690	17,329	-82,657	5,382	1,561	5,695
2008Q1	-25,929	23,591	-53,129	-4,760	2,597	5,773
2008Q2	-11,312	21,779	-36,711	-3,563	1,722	5,461
2008Q3	1,817	26,363	-21,315	-10,177	1,112	5,834
2008Q4	-9,436	22,221	-35,132	-2,781	263	5,994
2009Q1	-5,630	26,031	-36,663	-2,649	1,467	6,185
2009Q2	-12,320	26,630	-33,893	-13,892	2,428	6,407
2009Q3	-2,737	28,635	-26,256	-14,389	1,822	7,452
2009Q4	4,644	31,318	-16,782	-20,027	2,186	7,949
2010Q1	9,064	33,143	-13,443	-22,987	4,114	8,238
2010Q2	24,408	34,886	-598	-23,956	5,957	8,119
2010Q3	24,524	35,900	4	-23,750	4,983	7,387
2010Q4	29,082	38,112	7,263	-28,502	5,053	7,155
2011Q1	31,114	37,439	7,596	-25,164	3,890	7,353
2011Q2	31,115	36,463	13,971	-31,023	4,273	7,431
2011Q3	33,466	36,059	8,004	-25,024	6,467	7,959
2011Q4	27,475	34,345	7,282	-29,936	7,794	7,991
2012Q1	11,772	34,497	5,212	-43,514	7,480	8,098
2012Q2	20,572	35,530	-3,711	-29,766	9,875	8,644
2012Q3	22,735	37,415	788	-33,174	8,870	8,835
2012Q4	21,362	41,495	-1,157	-35,809	8,437	8,397
2013Q1	20,673	42,862	-2,567	-37,265	9,134	8,509
2013Q2	18,216	43,292	-8,199	-31,044	6,600	7,567
2013Q3	10,505	43,799	-12,994	-33,922	5,963	7,659
2013Q4	6,164	41,076	-12,270	-35,834	5,021	8,171
2014Q1	3,877	34,265	-16,691	-28,238	6,250	8,291
2014Q2	2,609	30,970	-5,230	-39,653	8,255	8,267
2014Q3	105	26,202	-1,728	-41,806	8,936	8,502
2014Q4	-6,492	19,516	-6,117	-35,701	7,027	8,782
2015Q1	2,071	15,190	1,569	-32,917	8,163	10,066
2015Q2	13,659	11,566	7,710	-20,962	5,600	9,745
2015Q3	11,826	13,618	2,744	-17,933	3,668	9,728
2015Q4	10,082	11,896	-1,104	-13,485	3,061	9,713
2016Q1	9,447	31,809	-7,935	-26,694	2,608	9,659
2016Q2	6,332	24,668	1,219	-34,563	4,718	10,290
2016Q3	3,182	25,906	5,961	-42,803	3,907	10,211
2016Q4	12,041	27,520	9,276	-38,396	3,318	10,322
2017Q1	4,641	33,567	518	-43,349	4,159	9,745
2017Q2	20	36,271	-2,824	-44,634	2,114	9,093
2017Q3	18	37,953	3,301	-50,214	99	8,878
2017Q4	2,752	29,119	9,542	-45,311	713	8,688
2018Q1	-8,962	32,655	2,532	-52,369	-332	8,553
2018Q2	-14,209	40,266	-6,247	-56,357	-593	8,722
2018Q3	-12,233	40,630	-32	-60,925	-654	8,748
2018Q4	-13,144	49,536	-63,118	-5,610	-2,956	9,003
2019Q1	-10,889	43,809	-74,823	12,618	-1,927	9,434
2019Q2	530	49,406	-74,658	18,169	-2,245	9,858
2019Q3	2,621	50,951	-69,294	12,497	-2,026	10,493
2019Q4	9,698	53,987	-71,532	17,624	-549	10,169
2020Q1	2,057	52,083	-75,849	14,155	693	10,975
2020Q2	-7,641	49,806	-88,307	20,913	-1,258	11,205
2020Q3	-15,533	46,113	-82,968	10,842	-525	11,006
2020Q4	-9,591	44,081	-75,396	11,649	-917	10,992
2021Q1	3,416	47,398	-64,439	10,502	-1,174	11,128
2021Q2	-1,782	46,479	-66,280	7,669	-890	11,239
2021Q3	-1,592	44,168	-66,354	8,670	-2,395	14,319
2021Q4	2,506	48,840	-55,631	-3,668	-1,824	14,789
2022Q1	13,364	52,315	-37,365	-10,215	-6,343	14,973
2022Q2	8,328	51,001	-33,616	-16,881	-7,520	15,344
2022Q3	-1,276	52,440	-34,748	-24,738	-9,869	15,638
2022Q4	-7,202	46,630	-57,323	-726	-10,846	15,064

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