Prices and consumption
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
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- Consumer price index
- Inflation
- Cost-of-living index
- Real price development of selected food items
- Average prices of liquid fuels
- Consumption of food commodities per person
- Consumption of alcoholic beverages, 100% alcohol
Consumer price index 2015 = 100
| Group of goods and services | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Annual change 2021–2022, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total index | 103,6 | 105,8 | 113,4 | 7,1 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | 102,7 | 103,3 | 114,2 | 10,5 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | 118,5 | 123,9 | 128,2 | 3,5 |
| Clothing and footwear | 96,1 | 94,9 | 96,8 | 2,0 |
| Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | 105,5 | 108,8 | 118,9 | 9,3 |
| Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house | 98,5 | 98,2 | 103,6 | 5,5 |
| Health | 111,9 | 111,7 | 112,3 | 0,6 |
| Transport | 101,7 | 108,3 | 120,5 | 11,3 |
| Communication | 97,0 | 99,4 | 105,4 | 6,0 |
| Recreation and culture | 98,1 | 98,9 | 103,2 | 4,3 |
| Education | 107,7 | 109,0 | 110,6 | 1,5 |
| Restaurants and hotels | 108,9 | 111,1 | 117,9 | 6,1 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 101,2 | 101,1 | 103,8 | 2,7 |
Inflation
Cost-of-living index 1951:10 = 100
Real price development of selected food items 1995 = 100
Average prices of liquid fuels
Consumption of food commodities per person
| Product | Unit | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | kg | 148,1 | 135,3 | 100,8 | 92,7 |
| Butter | kg | 3,8 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 3,1 |
| Sour milk | kg | 16,0 | 12,4 | 8,1 | 7,2 |
| Yoghurt | kg | 17,1 | 23,4 | 19,6 | 18,6 |
| Cheese 1) | kg | 16,5 | 19,0 | 25,3 | 25,5 |
| Eggs | kg | 10,1 | 9,8 | 12,4 | 11,1 |
| Nuts | kg | 0,7 | 1,1 | 2,0 | 1,8 |
| Wheat | kg | 45,9 | 46,4 | 44,9 | 48,9 |
| Rye | kg | 15,3 | 16,1 | 15,0 | 13,4 |
| Oats | kg | 3,0 | 5,4 | 11,0 | 10,9 |
| Rice | kg | 5,6 | 5,2 | 7,0 | 8,1 |
| Fresh vegetables | kg | 52,8 | 56,1 | 64,5 | 63,7 |
| Fresh fruit | kg | 45,2 | 47,1 | 58,5 | 47,9 |
| Beef and veal 2) | kg | 19,0 | 18,6 | 18,7 | 17,0 |
| Pork 2) | kg | 33,0 | 34,9 | 29,7 | 28,8 |
| Poultry meat 2) | kg | 13,3 | 18,2 | 27,5 | 28,3 |
| Fish 3) | kg | 13,2 | 15,2 | 15,2 | 14,5 |
| Coffee 4) | kg | 9,2 | 10,0 | 9,3 | 5) 8,9 |
| Cocoa | kg | 1,4 | 2,9 | 2,5 | 2,5 |
| Sugar | kg | 32,0 | 31,8 | 32,2 | 30,9 |
| Beer | litre | 78,4 | 82,8 | 70,0 | 66,0 |
| Wine | litre |
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12,2 | 12,0 | 10,8 |
| Ciders | litre | . . | 9,3 | 4,8 | 4,4 |
| Long drinks | litre | . . | 9,0 | 10,2 | 10,7 |
| Strong alcoholic beverages | litre | 5,0 | 5,6 | 4,2 | 4,0 |
* preliminary data
1) Incl. curd and cottage cheese
2) Including bones, i.e. carcass meat
3) As filleted weight
4) Sales of roasted coffee
5) Final data
Sources: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), balance sheet for food commodities
Finnish Coffee Roasters Association
Updated: 7.8.2023
Consumption of alcoholic beverages, 100% alcohol
1) Starting from 2000, passenger imports of alcoholic beverages, from 2017 onwards incl. online purchases from abroad.
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Last updated 5 Dec 2023