October 2026 Observatory Figures counted October 16, 2026, 04:40 UTC
Finland and Norway compared
- 16,884 Finland: notices, last 12 complete months
- 10,403 Norway: notices, last 12 complete months
- December 2025 Finland: fully covered since
- January 2026 Norway: fully covered since
Twelve months
Finland and Norway, month by month on one scale
Each pair of charts shares its scale, so a column twice as tall is twice the figure
Notices
Finland
Norway
Awards
Finland
Norway
Awarded value
Finland
Norway
Hatched: the month still being counted and the months before a country was fully covered.
Source: Aperlena register, monthly figures counted on October 16, 2026.
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"Finland and Norway, month by month on one scale". Source: Aperlena register, monthly figures counted on October 16, 2026. https://aperlena.com/en/stats/fi?vs=no#chart-compare
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The figures
Over the 9 months both countries are fully covered, from January 2026 to September 2026. Difference: Finland less Norway.
| Measure | Finland | Norway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notices | 15,227 | 10,103 | +5,124 |
| Awards | 1,763 | 985 | +778 |
| Awarded value | €4.4B | €2.9B | +€1.5B |
| Awards that state a value | 80% | 50% | +31 points |
| Buyers in a typical month | 639 | 405 | +234 |
| Median award | €440,000 | €750,000 | -€310,000 |
| Median days to bid | 28 days | 32 days | -4 days |
Source: Aperlena register, monthly figures counted on October 16, 2026.
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Method: counts come from official procurement notices aggregated by Aperlena; a notice belongs to the month it was published and an award to the month it was decided. Value sums cover only awards whose official notice states a value - the coverage percentage says how many do. Nothing is estimated.
Amounts in rankings and totals: an award amount is printed as its source publishes it. From EUR 50 million up, an amount is left out of every sum, ranking and list of the largest when it is more than 20 times its own notice's estimate, when the same buyer has already stated the same amount on an earlier award (a contract restated by later notices, or a ceiling shared by several lots, is counted once, on the earliest), or when it is above EUR 500 million and more than 100 times the 99th percentile of three years of awards in the same country and sector. The award still counts as an award, and its own page shows the published amount.
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Coverage: a country or a sector is covered from the first month since which its monthly notices hold steady up to today. Walking back from the last complete month, a month counts while it holds at least a third of the median of the three months after it. Earlier months are drawn hatched and labelled partial. No change is printed across them, nor when a month is more than double or less than half the one before: in this register that is a source being loaded, not a market moving.