Finland is the 11 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Finland averaged 6.69 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 12.00 in 2017 and a record low of 3.00 in 2013. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 385.00 360.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence -1.00 0.00 points Jan 2026
Capacity Utilization 74.20 76.50 percent Sep 2025
Car Registrations 5462.00 5547.00 Units Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories -1012.00 348.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Corruption Index 88.00 88.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 2.00 2.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 7399.00 7228.00 Gigawatt-hour Nov 2025
Factory Orders 37.70 -26.40 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 2.00 1.70 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production Mom -0.80 0.20 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production 3.10 1.60 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production 7.60 -5.00 percent Dec 2025
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 1.02 1.02 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 0.14 0.14 TWh Feb 2026
New Orders 145.20 106.10 points Dec 2025


Finland Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
11.00 11.00 12.00 3.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly