Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Finland

Finland: Government Effectiveness - Governance score was 86.67 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
86.67 0-100
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
8th
of 205 countries
All-time high
96.49 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
83.74 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Finland, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 83.7 0-1001998: 88.7 0-1002000: 92.5 0-1002002: 96.5 0-1002003: 96.4 0-1002004: 93.4 0-1002005: 93.6 0-1002006: 90.8 0-1002007: 88.2 0-1002008: 90.2 0-1002009: 93.3 0-1002010: 93.1 0-1002011: 94.9 0-1002012: 95.5 0-1002013: 94.8 0-1002014: 91.5 0-1002015: 88.7 0-1002016: 89 0-1002017: 92.4 0-1002018: 93.3 0-1002019: 93.1 0-1002020: 92.9 0-1002021: 93.3 0-1002022: 88.2 0-1002023: 86.1 0-1002024: 86.7 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for government effectiveness - governance score in Finland is 86.67 0-100, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Finland peaked at 96.49 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 83.74 0-100, in 1996.

Finland ranks 8th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) in Finland, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 83.74 0-100
1998 88.68 0-100 +5.9%
2000 92.52 0-100 +4.3%
2002 96.49 0-100 +4.3%
2003 96.42 0-100 -0.1%
2004 93.36 0-100 -3.2%
2005 93.64 0-100 +0.3%
2006 90.84 0-100 -3.0%
2007 88.15 0-100 -3.0%
2008 90.18 0-100 +2.3%
2009 93.32 0-100 +3.5%
2010 93.09 0-100 -0.2%
2011 94.86 0-100 +1.9%
2012 95.54 0-100 +0.7%
2013 94.76 0-100 -0.8%
2014 91.54 0-100 -3.4%
2015 88.74 0-100 -3.1%
2016 89.02 0-100 +0.3%
2017 92.37 0-100 +3.8%
2018 93.34 0-100 +1.0%
2019 93.13 0-100 -0.2%
2020 92.86 0-100 -0.3%
2021 93.26 0-100 +0.4%
2022 88.23 0-100 -5.4%
2023 86.1 0-100 -2.4%
2024 86.67 0-100 +0.7%

Finland compared with similar countries

  • Finland's 86.67 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.52 0-100, 1.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
  • Finland's 86.67 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 65.79 0-100, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.21 0-100 83.74 0-100 88.68 0-100 2
2000s 92.77 0-100 88.15 0-100 96.49 0-100 9
2010s 92.64 0-100 88.74 0-100 95.54 0-100 10
2020s 89.43 0-100 86.1 0-100 93.26 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 5 New Zealand 87.3 0-100 compare
  2. 6 Norway 87.18 0-100 compare
  3. 7 Switzerland 87.12 0-100 compare
  4. 9 Australia 86.52 0-100 compare
  5. 10 Sweden 85.85 0-100 compare
  6. 11 Canada 85.54 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 205 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is government effectiveness - governance score in Finland?
Government effectiveness - governance score in Finland was 86.67 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 96.49 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 83.74 0-100 in 1996.
How does Finland rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
Finland ranks 8th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,161 data points, 1996–2024
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Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).