How dependent is Finland on Sweden?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Sweden sells 10.9% of what the world exports of unrefined copper; next come Zambia (39.1%), Chile (11.3%) and Bulgaria (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 35 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 3.4% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 175.2 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 1.5% of what the world exports of iron ore; next come Australia (54.2%), Brazil (20.8%) and Canada (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 530.5 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 16% of what the world exports of Kraft paper and paperboard; next come United States (22.7%), Austria (6%) and Canada (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 218.1 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 12.8% of what the world exports of newsprint; next come Canada (28.6%), Germany (9.3%) and Russia (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 255.8 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 3.9% of what the world exports of writing and printing paper; next come Indonesia (15.9%), Portugal (9.3%) and China (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 850.5 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 0.26% of what the world exports of semi-finished steel; next come Russia (19.8%), Brazil (11.9%) and China (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 2,278.3 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 5.2% of what the world exports of stainless steel wire; next come India (16.6%), China (12.7%) and United States (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 213 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 2% of what the world exports of cellulose derivatives; next come United States (21.8%), China (17.1%) and Germany (15.2%). The rest of the world exported 674.6 times what Finland buys from Sweden.
• Sweden sells 1.1% of what the world exports of aluminum scrap; next come United States (15.6%), Germany (9.2%) and Canada (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 2,712.5 times what Finland buys from Sweden.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Finland is Sweden’s 7th-largest customer, with 4.8% of its exports.

• Trade between Finland and Sweden
• Who does Finland rely on?
• Who does Sweden rely on?
• Dependence of Finland on Norway
• Dependence of Finland on China
• Dependence of Finland on Germany
• Dependence of Finland on Russia
• Dependence of Finland on the Netherlands
• Trade profile of Finland
• Trade profile of Sweden
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.