Transport and tourism
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
On this page
- Transport network and passenger transport
- Registered vehicles
- Registered vehicles 1923–2023
- Persons killed in road traffic accidents
- Overnight stays by foreigners at accommodation establishments
- Finns' leisure trips abroad
Transport network and passenger transport
Transport network | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 |
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km | |||||
Length of railway line 1) | 5 846 | 5 854 | 5 919 | 5 918 | 5 918 |
Length of tram line | 88 | 84 | 91 | l 2) 50 | 61 |
Length of underground line | 16 | 21 | 21 | 36 | 43 |
Highways 3) | 76 407 | 77 993 | 78 162 | 77 908 | . . |
Coastal waterways | 7 690 | 9 261 | 10 073 | 10 442 | 10 455 |
Inland waterways | 9 460 | 8 894 | 9 747 | 9 806 | 9 877 |
Passengers by mode of transport | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 |
Million trips | |||||
Railway transport | 46,0 | 54,8 | 69,0 | 59,5 | 76,1 |
Tramway transport | 48,6 | 56,7 | 54,5 | 34,9 | 41,8 |
Underground transport | 35,4 | 51,9 | 57,1 | 60,4 | 69,9 |
Bus and motor coach transport 4) | . . | . . | 339,8 | 229,0 | . . |
Taxi traffic | . . | . . | 57,0 | 38,3 | . . |
Water transport 5) | 14,0 | 20,7 | 21,7 | 9,6 | 17,1 |
Air transport 5) | 11,3 | 13,7 | 16,4 | l 6,5 | 15,6 |
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series
1) State railway line
2) Change in statistics compilation. The length of line calculated in one direction.
3) Excl. ramps and ferry routes
4) Includes charter transport but not private transport
5) Domestic and international
Sources: Statistics Finland, transport and tourism
Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd
Helsinki Region Transport (HSL)
Finavia
Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Transport network and passenger transport (xlsx)
Updated: 12.9.2023
Registered vehicles on 31 December
2000 | 2010 | 2020 1) | 2023 1) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passenger cars | 2 134 728 | 2 877 484 | 3 632 851 | 3 744 469 |
- per thousand inhabitants | 412 | 535 | 656 | . . |
- electric cars 2) | 4 | 34 | 9 959 | 86 011 |
- plug-in hybrids 2) | . . | . . | 46 538 | 139 338 |
Vans | 239 095 | 347 258 | 502 047 | 533 633 |
Lorries | 65 223 | 117 150 | 166 760 | 177 288 |
Buses, coaches | 9 852 | 13 650 | 19 282 | 19 619 |
Special automobiles | 16 924 | 12 646 | 10 759 | 10 143 |
All automobiles | 2 465 822 | 3 368 188 | 4 331 699 | 4 485 152 |
Motorcycles | 90 877 | 226 877 | 283 214 | 296 571 |
Tractors | 332 584 | 376 807 | 466 551 | 503 305 |
Snow mobiles 2) | 90 511 | 121 976 | 163 318 | 176 593 |
All vehicles | 3 697 037 | 5 331 582 | 6 926 137 | 7 247 926 |
1) Incl. vehicles temporarily decommissioned from traffic
2) Excl. Åland
Source: Statistics Finland, motor vehicle stock
Registered vehicles on 31 December (xlsx)
Updated: 7.3.2024
Registered vehicles on 31 December 1923–2023
Persons killed in road traffic accidents
* preliminary data
Sources: Statistics Finland, statistics on road traffic accidents
Persons killed in road traffic accidents (xlsx)
Updated: 30.1.2024
Overnight stays by foreigners at accommodation establishments
Country of residence | 2022 | % | 2023* | % | Change of nights spent, % |
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Germany | 580 713 | 11,7 | 679 700 | 11,8 | 17,0 |
United Kingdom | 507 660 | 10,2 | 566 858 | 9,9 | 11,7 |
Sweden | 467 878 | 9,4 | 503 860 | 8,8 | 7,7 |
United States | 271 330 | 5,5 | 382 010 | 6,7 | 40,8 |
France | 333 250 | 6,7 | 375 828 | 6,5 | 12,8 |
Netherlands | 247 667 | 5,0 | 278 486 | 4,9 | 12,4 |
Estonia | 203 337 | 4,1 | 197 552 | 3,4 | -2,8 |
Italy | 160 258 | 3,2 | 192 496 | 3,4 | 20,1 |
Spain | 160 344 | 3,2 | 177 992 | 3,1 | 11,0 |
Switzerland | 146 191 | 2,9 | 161 117 | 2,8 | 10,2 |
Other | 1 896 367 | 38,1 | 2 226 057 | 38,8 | 17,4 |
Total | 4 974 995 | 100 | 5 741 956 | 100 | 15,4 |
* preliminary data
Source: Statistics Finland, accommodation statistics
Overnight stays by foreigners at accommodation establishments (xlsx)
Updated: 12.2.2024
Finns' leisure trips abroad
Trips with overnight stays in destination country made by the population aged 15 to 84
Country of destination | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Estonia | 1 200 000 | 1 090 000 | 480 000 | 330 000 | 900 000 |
Spain | 820 000 | 670 000 | 250 000 | 210 000 | 570 000 |
Sweden | 700 000 | 720 000 | . . | 150 000 | 440 000 |
Greece | 250 000 | 250 000 | . . | . . | 290 000 |
Italy | 260 000 | 300 000 | . . | . . | 250 000 |
Germany | 310 000 | 340 000 | . . | . . | 210 000 |
Norway | 190 000 | 220 000 | 110 000 | . . | 200 000 |
United Kingdom | 220 000 | 200 000 | . . | . . | 160 000 |
France | 140 000 | 160 000 | . . | . . | 150 000 |
Other | 2 350 000 | 2 310 000 | . . | . . | 1 430 000 |
Total | 6 440 000 | 6 260 000 | 1 660 000 | 1 280 000 | 4 600 000 |
Main topic: Transport and tourism
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Last updated 11 Mar 2024