News in numbers FINLAND JOINS NATO, WITH FINLAND Should Finland join Nato? Opinion development on the question “Should Finland join Nato?” from 2014–2022.


70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%


58% 55% 53% 53%


800miles 2%


26% 22% 16% 23% 19% 19% 28% 28% 2.3% 2014 Source for graph: Statista 2015 2017 2022 19,250


Active personnel in the Finnish Armed Forces.


13,400 Army 3,150 Navy 2,700 Air Force


238,000


Number of reserve personnel in the Finnish Armed Forces.


6 ARMY 200 Tanks


212 Infantry fi ghting vehicles


613 Armoured personnel carriers


672 Artillery pieces


60+ Surface-to-air missile systems


Source for above stats: IISS Military Balance 2022 NAVY


20 Patrol vessels 8 Mine warfare vessels


51 Amphibious landing craft


7 Logistics and support vessels


AIR FORCE


62 Fighter and ground attack aircraft


1 Electronic intelligence 11 Light transports 99 Training aircraft


The total length of Finland’s border with Russia.


The percentage of a member state’s gross domestic product (GDP) that Nato requests to be spent on defence. Source: Finnish Ministry of Defence


The percentage of Finland’s GDP that it spent on defence in 2023. Source: Finnish Ministry of Defence


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Share of respondents


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