PESTLE Insights: Finland - Macroeconomic Outlook Report

PESTLE Insights: Finland - Macroeconomic Outlook Report

Summary

Helsinki-Uusimaa and Western Finland contributed 61.0% to the nation’s GDP and 55.1% of the total population resided in those regions as of 2017
The lion’s share of foreign investment inflows was from other European nations in 2017

Financial intermediation, real estate and business activities contributed 24.1% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2018, followed by mining, manufacturing and utilities (21.4%), and wholesale, retail and hotels (10.9%).

Scope

- According to the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI), transport and logistic infrastructure in Finland improved over the last two years with an increase in rank from 15th in 2016 to tenth out of 160 countries in 2018
- The upward rising trend of the index indicates healthy economic activity in the country. The index rose from 3,972.7
in April 3rd 2018 to 4,235.5 in April 3rd 2019.

Reasons to buy

- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.