🇫🇮 Finland Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇫🇮 Finland FI / FIN #64

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 15

Region European Union, Nordic Countries, Arctic Circle, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 88/100

Press Freedom (2025) 87.2/100 #5

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.852

HDI 0.948

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Finland	Alexander Stubb
Prime Minister of Finland	Petteri Orpo

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 88 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 87.2 / 100

Global Rank #5 / 180

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #7 89.9

Economic #4 80.5

Legal #7 87.9

Social #12 83.9

Safety #14 93.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.852

Liberal 0.808

Participatory 0.597

Deliberative 0.762

Egalitarian 0.707

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	87.2	5	89.9	80.5	87.9	83.9	93.7
2024	86.6	5	89.1	80.9	86.2	84.5	92.1
2023	87.9	5	91.6	83.8	84.9	89.2	90.4
2022	88.4	5	90.4	82.0	86.6	90.8	92.3
2021	93.0	2	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	92.1	2	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	92.1	2	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	89.7	4	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	91.1	3	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	91.4	1	-	-	-	-	86.1
2015	92.5	1	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	93.6	1	-	-	-	-	-
2013	93.6	1	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-10.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2010	0.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2009	0.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	2.0	4	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1.5	5	-	-	-	-	-
2006	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index