Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland
Finland: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was 6.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 6.2% for net electricity imports as a share of demand in 2025.
The figure is up 68.3% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland peaked at 23.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2023.
That places Finland 49th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16.4% | — |
| 1991 | 11.2% | -31.7% |
| 1992 | 12.7% | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 11.0% | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 9.1% | -17.9% |
| 1995 | 11.6% | +28.1% |
| 1996 | 5.0% | -56.8% |
| 1997 | 10.0% | +98.7% |
| 1998 | 11.7% | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 13.8% | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 11.8% | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -60.4% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 19.4% | +261.8% |
| 2006 | 12.2% | -37.4% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 14.2% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | -19.8% |
| 2011 | 15.9% | +37.6% |
| 2012 | 19.9% | +25.2% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 20.9% | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 21.6% | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 23.2% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 19.8% | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | -25.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | -86.0% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +79.5% |
| 2025 | 6.2% | +68.3% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 6.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2%, 38.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +261.8% | 5.4% | 19.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.2% | 5.0% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 5.4% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 11.5% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 2.1% | 19.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More energy & mining data for Finland
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4241 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Finland was 6.2% in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2023.
- How does Finland rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- Finland ranks 49th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.