Science & Technology in Finland 122 indicators covering science & technology for Finland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 8,315 2023 up 15.1% 6th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 3.1% 2023 down 5.8% 10th Medical technology availability 17.92 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 down 16.8% 25th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 358.81 Number 2012 down 42.0% 8th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 99.8% 2024 down 0.2% 1st Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 78.4% 2018 up 39.3% 17th R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 34,795 Persons 2023 up 24.4% 16th Number of R&D researchers per million people 8,315 per million people 2023 up 15.1% 5th Researchers (HC) - % Female 34.6% 2023 up 9.9% 77th GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 8,893 Million euro 2024 up 36.6% 24th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 8,893 Million euro 2024 up 36.6% 24th Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 3,085 Megawatt 2024 down 42.3% 16th R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 62,431 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 19.8% 25th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 62,431 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 19.8% 25th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 51.2% 2023 up 9.5% 27th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 45.6% 2023 up 2.8% 54th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 1,775 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.8% 24th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 18.9% 2023 up 18.6% 68th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 1,297 Number 2017 up 1.6% 22nd Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 69,017 Head count 2023 up 21.7% 26th Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 69,017 Head count 2023 up 21.7% 26th Individuals - internet use 98.1% 2025 up 6.3% 11th Individuals - frequency of internet use 96.9% 2025 up 7.6% 10th Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 3,457 Number 2025 up 73.5% 8th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 34.6% 2023 up 9.9% 38th Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 1 patents 2021 unchanged 32nd Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 1 patents 2023 down 50.0% 36th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 9,295 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 106.0% 6th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 59.3% 2023 down 1.4% 10th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 99.45 Million euro 2025 up 38.9% 14th Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 1,415 Number 2013 down 7.2% 17th Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 32.4 Number 2021 up 302.0% 11th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 96.13 Number 2013 down 8.7% 25th Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 312.85 Number 2013 down 49.1% 17th Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 98.4% 2024 down 1.4% 7th Mobile broadband internet traffic 4.7 Exabyte 2024 up 646.0% 10th Broadband internet coverage by technology 13.7% 2025 down 85.4% 38th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 483.65 Number 2012 down 60.0% 20th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 51.09 Number 2012 down 76.4% 22nd Medical technology - historical data 94 Number 2020 down 16.8% 24th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.1% 2025 down 90.9% 42nd Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 6.4% 2025 down 59.0% 27th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 6.4% 2025 down 59.0% 27th Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 67.88 Number 2013 down 5.3% 23rd High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 6.3% 2022 down 14.3% 31st R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 1.1% 2023 up 73.8% 8th Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 48.9% 2023 down 17.7% 8th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 6.01 Number 2013 down 29.4% 17th Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex 98.0% 2018 — 11th Internet purchases by individuals 68.1% 2025 up 14.1% 11th Financial activities over the internet 19.0% 2025 up 26.9% 13th Internet purchases by individuals 55.2% 2019 up 50.0% 15th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 635.97 Number 2012 up 5.6% 12th Internet purchases - goods or services 40.2% 2024 — 21st Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 48.56 Number 2012 up 1.2% 15th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other 171.67 Number 2012 down 47.6% 10th Going Digital Toolkit - Data for the breakdown visualisations - part 1.34 Annual real value added growth 2018 up 46.3% 17th Individuals - mobile internet access 39.3% 2018 up 50.1% 20th Broadband internet coverage by speed 93.0% 2020 down 3.3% 30th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →