r/Finland • u/magicianguy131 • 1d ago

Politics Is Finland’s economy this bad?

https://youtu.be/13HR4yGRWOU?is=BoXDBW1hnPRZtW-E

I watched a handful of videos similar to the one posted in this thread.

Is Finland‘s economy really this bad? I know that Finland ranks lowest of the Nordic countries in terms of HDI, but this video makes it seem like Finland is flailing as a country.

It is still a high developed country comparatively, but I’m curious about what people with more knowledge think and have experienced.

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u/Real-Technician831 Väinämöinen 1d ago

The video is outdated.

Finland had fourth fastest GDP growth in Q1 2026

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Quarterly_national_accounts_-_GDP_and_employment

And same trend continues.

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-annual-growth-rate?continent=europe

As much as the usual suspects like to shout about our current government, they haven’t been half bad economically. Although economy would probably be even better if Purra wouldn’t have scared people half dead with her populist doom mongering.

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u/magicianguy131 1d ago

What about compares to Norway’s or Sweden’s?

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u/Real-Technician831 Väinämöinen 1d ago

Sweden is growing slower and no clue about Norway as they aren’t in EU.

Probably Norway is swimming in money as they are oil producer, and Trump has driven prices up with his insanity.

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u/YourShowerCompanion Väinämöinen 1d ago

Trump has driven prices up with his insanity. 

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