What is civil society participation index in Finland?

Civil society participation index in Finland was 0.948 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest civil society participation index recorded in Finland?

The highest recorded value was 0.97 in 1991.

What is the lowest civil society participation index recorded in Finland?

The lowest recorded value was 0.061 in 1789.

How does Finland rank for civil society participation index?

Finland ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is civil society participation index rising or falling in Finland?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Finland data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Civil Society Participation Index in Finland

Name: Civil Society Participation Index in Finland
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Finland: Civil Society Participation Index was 0.948 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.948

Change on year

down 1.8%

World rank

8th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.97

in 1991

All-time low

0.061

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Civil Society Participation Index in Finland, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Finland recorded 0.948 for civil society participation index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, civil society participation index in Finland peaked at 0.97 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.061, in 1789.

That places Finland 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Civil Society Participation Index in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Civil Society Participation Index in Finland, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.061	—
1790	0.061	+0.0%
1791	0.061	+0.0%
1792	0.061	+0.0%
1793	0.061	+0.0%
1794	0.061	+0.0%
1795	0.061	+0.0%
1796	0.061	+0.0%
1797	0.061	+0.0%
1798	0.061	+0.0%
1799	0.061	+0.0%
1800	0.061	+0.0%
1801	0.061	+0.0%
1802	0.061	+0.0%
1803	0.061	+0.0%
1804	0.061	+0.0%
1805	0.061	+0.0%
1806	0.061	+0.0%
1807	0.061	+0.0%
1808	0.061	+0.0%
1809	0.43	+604.9%
1810	0.43	+0.0%
1811	0.43	+0.0%
1812	0.43	+0.0%
1813	0.43	+0.0%
1814	0.43	+0.0%
1815	0.43	+0.0%
1816	0.43	+0.0%
1817	0.43	+0.0%
1818	0.43	+0.0%
1819	0.43	+0.0%
1820	0.43	+0.0%
1821	0.43	+0.0%
1822	0.43	+0.0%
1823	0.43	+0.0%
1824	0.43	+0.0%
1825	0.43	+0.0%
1826	0.43	+0.0%
1827	0.43	+0.0%
1828	0.43	+0.0%
1829	0.43	+0.0%
1830	0.43	+0.0%
1831	0.43	+0.0%
1832	0.43	+0.0%
1833	0.43	+0.0%
1834	0.43	+0.0%
1835	0.43	+0.0%
1836	0.43	+0.0%
1837	0.43	+0.0%
1838	0.43	+0.0%
1839	0.43	+0.0%
1840	0.43	+0.0%
1841	0.43	+0.0%
1842	0.43	+0.0%
1843	0.43	+0.0%
1844	0.43	+0.0%
1845	0.43	+0.0%
1846	0.43	+0.0%
1847	0.43	+0.0%
1848	0.43	+0.0%
1849	0.43	+0.0%
1850	0.43	+0.0%
1851	0.43	+0.0%
1852	0.43	+0.0%
1853	0.43	+0.0%
1854	0.43	+0.0%
1855	0.43	+0.0%
1856	0.43	+0.0%
1857	0.43	+0.0%
1858	0.43	+0.0%
1859	0.43	+0.0%
1860	0.43	+0.0%
1861	0.43	+0.0%
1862	0.43	+0.0%
1863	0.43	+0.0%
1864	0.43	+0.0%
1865	0.43	+0.0%
1866	0.43	+0.0%
1867	0.43	+0.0%
1868	0.43	+0.0%
1869	0.43	+0.0%
1870	0.43	+0.0%
1871	0.43	+0.0%
1872	0.43	+0.0%
1873	0.43	+0.0%
1874	0.43	+0.0%
1875	0.43	+0.0%
1876	0.43	+0.0%
1877	0.43	+0.0%
1878	0.43	+0.0%
1879	0.43	+0.0%
1880	0.585	+36.0%
1881	0.585	+0.0%
1882	0.585	+0.0%
1883	0.585	+0.0%
1884	0.585	+0.0%
1885	0.585	+0.0%
1886	0.585	+0.0%
1887	0.585	+0.0%
1888	0.585	+0.0%
1889	0.585	+0.0%
1890	0.585	+0.0%
1891	0.585	+0.0%
1892	0.585	+0.0%
1893	0.585	+0.0%
1894	0.585	+0.0%
1895	0.585	+0.0%
1896	0.585	+0.0%
1897	0.585	+0.0%
1898	0.585	+0.0%
1899	0.585	+0.0%
1900	0.585	+0.0%
1901	0.585	+0.0%
1902	0.585	+0.0%
1903	0.585	+0.0%
1904	0.585	+0.0%
1905	0.585	+0.0%
1906	0.784	+34.0%
1907	0.78	-0.5%
1908	0.756	-3.1%
1909	0.576	-23.8%
1910	0.576	+0.0%
1911	0.576	+0.0%
1912	0.576	+0.0%
1913	0.576	+0.0%
1914	0.576	+0.0%
1915	0.576	+0.0%
1916	0.646	+12.2%
1917	0.793	+22.8%
1918	0.743	-6.3%
1919	0.786	+5.8%
1920	0.805	+2.4%
1921	0.805	+0.0%
1922	0.805	+0.0%
1923	0.805	+0.0%
1924	0.805	+0.0%
1925	0.805	+0.0%
1926	0.805	+0.0%
1927	0.805	+0.0%
1928	0.805	+0.0%
1929	0.805	+0.0%
1930	0.805	+0.0%
1931	0.805	+0.0%
1932	0.805	+0.0%
1933	0.805	+0.0%
1934	0.805	+0.0%
1935	0.805	+0.0%
1936	0.805	+0.0%
1937	0.805	+0.0%
1938	0.805	+0.0%
1939	0.659	-18.1%
1940	0.659	+0.0%
1941	0.659	+0.0%
1942	0.659	+0.0%
1943	0.659	+0.0%
1944	0.718	+9.0%
1945	0.883	+23.0%
1946	0.894	+1.2%
1947	0.894	+0.0%
1948	0.894	+0.0%
1949	0.894	+0.0%
1950	0.906	+1.3%
1951	0.906	+0.0%
1952	0.906	+0.0%
1953	0.906	+0.0%
1954	0.906	+0.0%
1955	0.906	+0.0%
1956	0.906	+0.0%
1957	0.906	+0.0%
1958	0.906	+0.0%
1959	0.906	+0.0%
1960	0.906	+0.0%
1961	0.906	+0.0%
1962	0.906	+0.0%
1963	0.906	+0.0%
1964	0.906	+0.0%
1965	0.906	+0.0%
1966	0.906	+0.0%
1967	0.949	+4.7%
1968	0.968	+2.0%
1969	0.968	+0.0%
1970	0.968	+0.0%
1971	0.968	+0.0%
1972	0.968	+0.0%
1973	0.968	+0.0%
1974	0.968	+0.0%
1975	0.968	+0.0%
1976	0.968	+0.0%
1977	0.968	+0.0%
1978	0.968	+0.0%
1979	0.968	+0.0%
1980	0.968	+0.0%
1981	0.968	+0.0%
1982	0.968	+0.0%
1983	0.968	+0.0%
1984	0.968	+0.0%
1985	0.968	+0.0%
1986	0.968	+0.0%
1987	0.968	+0.0%
1988	0.968	+0.0%
1989	0.968	+0.0%
1990	0.968	+0.0%
1991	0.97	+0.2%
1992	0.97	+0.0%
1993	0.97	+0.0%
1994	0.97	+0.0%
1995	0.97	+0.0%
1996	0.97	+0.0%
1997	0.97	+0.0%
1998	0.97	+0.0%
1999	0.97	+0.0%
2000	0.97	+0.0%
2001	0.97	+0.0%
2002	0.97	+0.0%
2003	0.97	+0.0%
2004	0.97	+0.0%
2005	0.97	+0.0%
2006	0.97	+0.0%
2007	0.97	+0.0%
2008	0.97	+0.0%
2009	0.97	+0.0%
2010	0.967	-0.3%
2011	0.967	+0.0%
2012	0.967	+0.0%
2013	0.968	+0.1%
2014	0.968	+0.0%
2015	0.968	+0.0%
2016	0.968	+0.0%
2017	0.953	-1.5%
2018	0.957	+0.4%
2019	0.969	+1.3%
2020	0.969	+0.0%
2021	0.969	+0.0%
2022	0.969	+0.0%
2023	0.935	-3.5%
2024	0.965	+3.2%
2025	0.948	-1.8%

Finland compared with similar countries

Finland's 0.948 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.831, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Finland's 0.948 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7645, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.061	0.061	0.061	1
1790s	0.061	0.061	0.061	10
1800s	0.0979	0.061	0.43	10
1810s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1820s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1830s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1840s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1850s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1860s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1870s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1880s	0.585	0.585	0.585	10
1890s	0.585	0.585	0.585	10
1900s	0.6406	0.576	0.784	10
1910s	0.6424	0.576	0.793	10
1920s	0.805	0.805	0.805	10
1930s	0.7904	0.659	0.805	10
1940s	0.7813	0.659	0.894	10
1950s	0.906	0.906	0.906	10
1960s	0.9227	0.906	0.968	10
1970s	0.968	0.968	0.968	10
1980s	0.968	0.968	0.968	10
1990s	0.9698	0.968	0.97	10
2000s	0.97	0.97	0.97	10
2010s	0.9652	0.953	0.969	10
2020s	0.9592	0.935	0.969	6

Countries ranked near Finland

5 United States 0.963 compare
6 Ireland 0.954 compare
6 Luxembourg 0.954 compare
9 Belgium 0.947 compare
10 Sweden 0.939 compare
11 Canada 0.938 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More reference data data for Finland

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2998 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1241 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.5 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1748 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.5 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.01 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6733 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6503 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.94 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9518 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is civil society participation index in Finland?: Civil society participation index in Finland was 0.948 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest civil society participation index recorded in Finland?: The highest recorded value was 0.97 in 1991.
What is the lowest civil society participation index recorded in Finland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.061 in 1789.
How does Finland rank for civil society participation index?: Finland ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is civil society participation index rising or falling in Finland?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Civil Society Participation Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,063 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which major civil society organizations are routinely consulted by policymakers, how many people are involved in them, women can participate, and candidate nomination for the legislature within parties is decentralized or made through primaries.