Finland
Download Report| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 5,518,050 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.07% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 276,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.32% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 48,636 |
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. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 70.36 | 16 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 88.21 | 20 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.9 | 9 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 93.26 | 25 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 71.09 | 43 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Mobile apps development | 83.22 | 23 |
| 3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 28.27 | 6 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 86.85 | 6 |
| 3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 60.98 | 19 |
| 4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 83.34 | 4 |
| 5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 54.55 | 8 |
| 6. Robot density | 41.52 | 19 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 52.82 | 27 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 16.91 | 52 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 67.93 | 6 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 56.91 | 19 |
| 1. Happiness | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 94.76 | 11 |
| 3. Income inequality | 94.47 | 7 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 83.52 | 25 |
| 1. Access to basic services | 99.64 | 18 |
| 2. Pollution | 99.83 | 2 |
| 3. Road safety | 93.75 | 13 |
| 4. Reading proficiency in schools | 99.08 | 5 |
| 5. Maths proficiency in schools | 83.66 | 11 |
| 5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Internet users | 88.02 | 20 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 61.65 | 4 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 58.42 | 49 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 64.35 | 7 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 82.49 | 10 |
| 1. Firms with website | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Internet shopping | 77.92 | 12 |
| 3. Professionals | 65.92 | 10 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 84.06 | 7 |
| 5. Extent of staff training | 80.65 | 9 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 45.74 | 10 |
| 1. Government online services | 96.16 | 8 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 55.89 | 21 |
| 3.ICT use and government efficiency | 78.93 | 11 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 85.59 | 4 |
| 1. Rule of law | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Software piracy rate | 90.54 | 13 |
| 3. Secure Internet servers | 89.02 | 13 |
| 4. Cybersecurity | 91.78 | 21 |
| 5. Online trust and safety | 66.21 | 44 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 90.76 | 7 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 88.35 | 19 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 82.74 | 11 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
| 5. Social safety net protection | 98.11 | 7 |
| 6. ICT regulatory environment | 93.83 | 22 |
| 1. E-Participation | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 98.64 | 5 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 86.14 | 15 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 61.7 | 40 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 76.73 | 16 |