income, excluding Government loans. In 2010, the amount of taxes paid by Åland Islanders was 0.65 per cent of the total taxes paid in Finland.
According to Eurostat, in 2006 Åland was the 20th wealthiest of the EU's 268 regions, and the wealthiest in Finland, with a GDP per inhabitant 47 percent above the EU mean.
While the official currency is the euro, the Swedish krona also circulates freely in Åland
