Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Finland

Finland: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 83.62 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
83.62 0-100
Change on year
down 4.8%
World rank
7th
of 206 countries
All-time high
91.75 0-100
in 2003
All-time low
78.82 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Finland, 1996–2025

0204060801001996201020251996: 78.8 0-1001998: 85 0-1002000: 85.2 0-1002002: 91.1 0-1002003: 91.7 0-1002004: 87.9 0-1002005: 89.6 0-1002006: 88.1 0-1002007: 85.9 0-1002008: 85.9 0-1002009: 89.1 0-1002010: 89.6 0-1002011: 88.8 0-1002012: 89.9 0-1002013: 89.4 0-1002014: 88.2 0-1002015: 88.3 0-1002016: 86.9 0-1002017: 87.2 0-1002018: 87.1 0-1002019: 89.4 0-1002020: 89.1 0-1002021: 89.6 0-1002022: 88 0-1002023: 86.3 0-1002024: 87.8 0-1002025: 83.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Finland recorded 83.62 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Finland peaked at 91.75 0-100 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 78.82 0-100, in 1996.

That places Finland 7th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) in Finland, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 78.82 0-100 —
1998 84.97 0-100 +7.8%
2000 85.16 0-100 +0.2%
2002 91.1 0-100 +7.0%
2003 91.75 0-100 +0.7%
2004 87.91 0-100 -4.2%
2005 89.6 0-100 +1.9%
2006 88.06 0-100 -1.7%
2007 85.86 0-100 -2.5%
2008 85.9 0-100 +0.0%
2009 89.15 0-100 +3.8%
2010 89.56 0-100 +0.5%
2011 88.79 0-100 -0.9%
2012 89.93 0-100 +1.3%
2013 89.38 0-100 -0.6%
2014 88.21 0-100 -1.3%
2015 88.27 0-100 +0.1%
2016 86.9 0-100 -1.6%
2017 87.2 0-100 +0.3%
2018 87.12 0-100 -0.1%
2019 89.44 0-100 +2.7%
2020 89.05 0-100 -0.4%
2021 89.62 0-100 +0.6%
2022 87.98 0-100 -1.8%
2023 86.34 0-100 -1.9%
2024 87.81 0-100 +1.7%
2025 83.62 0-100 -4.8%

Finland compared with similar countries

  • Finland's 83.62 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.12 0-100, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Finland's 83.62 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.01 0-100, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 81.9 0-100 78.82 0-100 84.97 0-100 2
2000s 88.28 0-100 85.16 0-100 91.75 0-100 9
2010s 88.48 0-100 86.9 0-100 89.93 0-100 10
2020s 87.41 0-100 83.62 0-100 89.62 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 4 Switzerland 84.48 0-100 compare
  2. 5 Australia 84.23 0-100 compare
  3. 6 Luxembourg 83.78 0-100 compare
  4. 8 Ireland 83.34 0-100 compare
  5. 9 Hong Kong 83.33 0-100 compare
  6. 10 Norway 82.79 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is regulatory quality - governance score in Finland?
Regulatory quality - governance score in Finland was 83.62 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 91.75 0-100 in 2003.
What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 78.82 0-100 in 1996.
How does Finland rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
Finland ranks 7th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
Is regulatory quality - 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 Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Regulatory Quality - 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
206 places, 5,391 data points, 1996–2025
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Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. 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).