Finland
Download Report| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 5,520,314 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.07% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 269,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.31% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 51,323 |
Performance Overview
FINLAND is a strong performer across most dimensions in the NRI. In fact, it is the final country to rank in the top 10 in each of the four pillars. Its best showings are in Technology and People (5th in both pillars), which can be attributed to high levels of Future Technologies (6th) in the former case and excellent ICT usage and skills by Businesses (5th) in the latter case. Finland is ranked 7th with respect to both other pillars: Governance and Impact. In the Governance pillar, it performs well in all sub-pillars (Trust, 7th; Regulation, 2nd; Inclusion, 9th). The performances at the sub-pillar level of the Impact pillar are more varied, with the country having the second-highest score in Quality of Life and somewhat weaker performances in the Economy (16th) and SDG Contribution (11th).
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 82.27 | 22 |
| 2. Handset prices | 70.36 | 16 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 88.92 | 20 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.90 | 9 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 93.26 | 26 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 71.12 | 44 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 83.27 | 4 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 92.98 | 6 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 84.79 | 23 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 96.95 | 3 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 87.87 | 6 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 92.91 | 2 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 48.39 | 17 |
| 5. Robot density | 41.52 | 19 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 52.82 | 27 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 16.92 | 54 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 70.76 | 5 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 65.14 | 17 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 68.15 | 22 |
| 1. Happiness | 100.00 | 1 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 97.33 | 6 |
| 3. Income inequality | 91.75 | 9 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 84.77 | 25 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 81.97 | 30 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 68.42 | 14 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 81.94 | 30 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 63.80 | 106 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 96.57 | 4 |
| 1. Internet users | 88.90 | 20 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 61.97 | 4 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 59.79 | 52 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 64.35 | 7 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. Firms with website | 100.00 | 1 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 88.35 | 19 |
| 3. Professionals | 63.92 | 8 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 83.80 | 7 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 90.99 | 7 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 45.98 | 10 |
| 1. Government online services | 96.97 | 3 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 55.89 | 21 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 83.43 | 6 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 86.63 | 4 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 87.48 | 11 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 91.87 | 21 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 93.95 | 3 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 77.92 | 12 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 90.76 | 7 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 93.83 | 23 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 100.00 | 1 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 83.42 | 19 |
| 1. E-Participation | 95.06 | 14 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 98.64 | 5 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 89.99 | 12 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 61.70 | 44 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 76.73 | 17 |