Adoptions in 1987–2013. Source: Statistics Finland.
There were 459 adoptions in Finland in 2013, which was lower by seven than in the year before, according to Statistics Finland.
But the number of domestic adoptions rose slightly during the time. They numbered 292, thirty higher than one year earlier, the statistics show.
Of all the persons adopted in 2013 in Finland, 222 were girls and 232 boys. Most of the adopted were small children.
In all, 269 of the adopted were aged under-five while 94 were over the age of 18.
Children adopted from abroad were rarely over the age of 10. In domestic adoptions, 87 were aged over 18, the data says.
The number of internal adoptions within families of registered same-sex partnerships grew by 10 and numbered 101 last year.
The largest groups in the adoptions from abroad to Finland were children born in China and South Africa.
Adoptions of children born in China numbered 45 and those born in South Africa 33. The third largest group in the adoptions from abroad was children born in Russia.
Four-fifths of the adoptions from abroad were made by two parents, according to the statistics.
