2019

Finland

HEALTH

Alcohol kills three times as many men as women in Finland

The Nomad Today 1/5/21

More than half of deaths from alcohol-related causes stemmed from liver diseases caused by alcohol.

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POPULATION CHANGES

Finland, a decade of migratory gains from abroad

The Nomad Today 12/21/20

The net immigration of people with foreign background has been positive in the 2010s, while that of Finnish citizens has been negative.

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142.5 BILLION IN TOTAL

Finland's debt grew 3.2 billion last year, revised data shows

The Nomad Today 10/21/20

The financial position of general government weakened by around 300 million euros from the year before.

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Finland's GDP contracted in the last quarter of 2019

The Nomad Today 2/28/20

The fall in investments and government expenditure led to the decline in GDP.

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Number of criminal offences decreased in 2019

The Nomad Today 1/17/20

However, some types of crimes increased in Finland, such as sexual abuse, fraud and property crimes. Read here the statistics on crime in Finland in all its forms in 2019.

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The stories about Finland that moved us in 2019

The Nomad Today 12/29/19

Here is a compilation of our main stories in 2019, month by month, with a focus on the topics that most interest foreigners.

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2019, a year of economic pessimism for Finnish consumers

The Nomad Today 12/27/19

Employed consumers felt that their personal threat of unemployment had increased in recent times. Men are likely to have better confidence in the economy than women.

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2,000 births less in Finland so far this year

The Nomad Today 12/20/19

During January-November, 42,015 children were born throughout the country, which is 2,008 fewer than in the corresponding period in 2018. Still, the country's population increased due to migration…