Finland Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Jan 31, 2026

Actual

-8.7

Units In

Points

-7.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 26, 2026

Time to Release

27 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
6.8 Dec 2017	-18.5 Dec 2022	-2.78 Points	1995-2026	Statistics Finland

In Finland, the Statistics of Finland consumer survey expresses consumers’ views and intentions relating to economic matters. The data system of Statistics Finland’s consumer survey is comprised of respondent-specific original data from phones interviews, which may not be disclosed, and published data concerning reply distributions and time series. Generally consumer confidence is high when the unemployment rate is low and GDP growth is high. Measures of average consumer confidence can be useful indicators of how much consumers are likely to spend.

Latest Updates

Finland’s consumer confidence dropped to -8.7 in January 2026 from -7.3 in the previous month, marking the lowest level since February last year and moving further away from the long-term average of -2.8. Households’ assessments of both their own finances (-3 vs -0.2 in December) and the broader Finnish economy deteriorated, with views on the current economic situation remaining very poor (-41.8 vs -41.4). Expectations for economic conditions a year ahead also stayed subdued (-16 vs -12.8), and consumers continued to see it as an unfavorable time to purchase durable goods (-15 vs -16.5) or take out loans (-29.9 vs -30.3). Still, some plans to buy a car (15.1 vs 13.8) and take out a loan continued to emerge (16.4 vs 15.4). Meanwhile, unemployment expectations remained gloomy (-26.5 vs -26.7), with the perceived threat of job losses at its highest level since the pandemic year of 2020 (-18.4 vs -15.7).