Finland is a small country on a global scale. The population of Finland makes up just 0.07 per cent of the world's population and its area as much of the total world area. But even a small country can jump to the top of the world, and this is what Finland has done: in international country comparisons of positive things Finland is always among the top countries
Finland is Best
Wyatt Powell
Liam Ward
Finland is the most stable country in the world.
The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index 2018
Finland is the freest country in the world together with Sweden and Norway.
Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2018
Finland is the safest country in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017
Finland has the best governance in the world.
Legatum Institute, The Legatum Prosperity Index 2017: Finland
Finland has the least organised crime in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018: Organized crime
Next to Norwegians and Icelanders, Finns feel the second least insecure in the world.
Gallup, Law and Order Index 2018
Finland’s judicial system is the most independent in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018: Judicial independence
Next to Danes, Finns vote in the freest and most reliable elections.
Pippa Norris, Thomas Wynter and Sarah Cameron, Corruption and Coercion: The Year in Elections 2017 (The Electoral Integrity Project, University of Sydney & Harvard University)
Finland has the third least corruption in the world.
Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2017
Finland is the third wealthiest country in the world.
Legatum Institute, The Legatum Prosperity Index 2017: Finland
Finnish banks are the soundest in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018: Soundness of banks
Finland has the most personal freedom and choice in the world.
The Social Progress Imperative, 2017 Social Progress Index: Finland
Protection of property rights in Finland is the second best in the world.
World Economic Forum (WEF), The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018: Property Rights
Availability of official information in Finland is the best in the EU.
Center for data innovation, The State of data innovation in the EU: Freedom of information
Hudson Baker
lad, your inferiority complex is cringe af. and make a love relationship with a gay nigger is dishonorable.
Samuel Ramirez
Finland has the fourth best press freedom in the world.
Reporters Without Borders, 2018 World Press Freedom Index: Ranking
Finland is the second best country in social progress in the world.
The Social Progress Imperative, 2017 Social Progress Index: Finland
After Denmark and Sweden, Finland is the most socially just EU country.
D. Schraad-Tischler & C. Schiller: Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2017 (Bertelsmann Stiftung 2017)
Among the world’s richest countries, Finland is the third most dedicated to policies that benefit people living in poorer nations.
Centre for Global Development, The Commitment to Development Index 2017 (CDI)
Finland is the best country in the world in a comparison of human wellbeing.
Sustainable Society Index, Main results 2016
Finland is the third best country in adhering to the rule of law in the world.
The World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index 2017–2018
Finland is the best country in protecting fundamental human rights in the world.
The World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index 2017–2018
Carson Sullivan
Finland is the happiest country in the world.
Sustainable Development Solutions Network, World Happiness Report 2018
Finns are the second most satisfied with their life among Europeans.
Eurostat, Percentage of the population rating their satisfaction as high, medium or low
Finns are the most satisfied with their accommodation in the EU.
Eurostat, Percentage of the population rating their satisfaction as high, medium or low
Among EU citizens, Finns are the second most common to have someone to rely on in case of need.
Eurostat, Persons having someone to rely on in case of need.
Finns' trust in the police is the highest and in the political system and in the legal system the second highest in Europe.
Eurostat, Average rating of trust
Finns trust news the most in the world. (37 countries in the comparison).
Reuters Institute, Digital News Report 2018
Finns' trust in other people is the highest in Europe.
European Commission, Fairness, inequality and intergenerational mobility: Social Capital: Trust in people
In Finland, consumers' confidence in the economy is strongest in Europe.
European Commission, Business and consumer surveys
Finns suffer from excessive job strain the fourth least in OECD countries.
lähde, How's Life? 2017: Measuring Well-being, Incidence of job strain
Brody Young
Finland is the third most gender equal country in the world.
World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Index 2017
Participation of genders in working life in Finland is the second most equal in the EU.
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Gender Equality Index 2017: Work / Participation
Finnish women's gender equality in working life is the fourth best in the world.
The Economist, The Glass-Ceiling Index 2018
In Finland, power is divided between genders the third most equally in the EU.
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Gender Equality Index 2017: Power
Finland has the third most female MPs in European countries.
Inter-Parliamentatary Union (IPU), Women in Politics 2017
Finland has the fourth lowest poverty rate in OECD countries.
OECD, Society at a Glance 2016: Poverty
Finland has the fifth lowest income differences in OECD countries.
OECD, Society at a Glance 2016: Income inequality
Eli Morgan
The air in Finland is the cleanest in the world.
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland tops WHO air quality statistics
Finland is the water richest country in the world.
Keele University, The Water Poverty Index: an International Comparison
The risk to be exposed to natural disasters is lowest in the world in Finland together with Bahrain, São Tomé and Príncipe and Singapore.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and the European Commission, INFORM Global Risk Index Results 2018
Finland has the most forests in Europe.
FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment
Nicholas Smith
Finland has the second most human capital in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Human Capital Report: Human Capital Index 2017
Finland's primary education is the best in the world.
World Economic Forum (WEF), The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017: Primary Education
Finland’s quality of higher education is the third best in the world.
World Economic Forum (WEF), The Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018: Higher education and training / Quality of education
Finland ranks as one of the top OECD country in education.
OECD, Better Life Index: Education
Education in Finland answers to future needs the third best in the world.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) & Yidan Prize, Worldwide Educating for the Future Index
Finland is placed third in a comparison of lifelong learning in EU countries.
European Commission, European Innovation Scoreboard 2018: Lifelong learning
Finnish adults are the third best in literacy and numeracy of OECD countries.
OECD, How's Life? 2017: Measuring Well-being, Education and skills, adult skills
Finland is the most literate country in the world.
J. W. Miller and M. C. McKenna, World's Most Literate Nations: Rank Breakdown
Finns are the second biggest library users in Europe.
The European Bureau of Library, Public Libraries – Statistics
Asher Murphy
I'm sold. I'm coming to Finland.
Jonathan Parker
Based autist.
Everyone else is just butthurt because Finland is so amazing.
Welcome, but if you are a r*ssian in Estonia don't come or we will kill you
Asher Cox
Gonna have to filter these east asian flags
Mason Edwards
Fuck f*nnshitland
Jayden Jones
Is there anything Finland needs? What can an outsider do to be useful? It sounds lovely there.
Carson Stewart
We need to be left alone
An outsider can help by staying an outsider
Jeremiah Hughes
Kill f*nns
Xavier Ward
Speak genghis khan's mother tongue, aka finnish.
Jaxon Cooper
Xavier Miller
>nigger
*person of colour.
Josiah Wright
Fun fact: Here in Russia if something is "Finnish" mean that is very good quality, works even better than "German". (Not exactly goods, but anything: Finnish sauna, house, etc)
Gavin Hill
*coloured folk
Isaac Sullivan
Nice. How respectful of you, kind sir. :)
Jason Long
How is that depression going, Mïkka ?
Aiden Stewart
based
>Mïkka
lol
Oliver Powell
Behövs inte
Josiah Lee
Jace Flores
Cool
Jordan Morgan
BASED RUSSIA
Noah Thompson
In last few years we get shittilions of people who doing "Finnish walking". Not sure why (There's really a lot of them, some kind of religion).
Ryder Cook
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
FUCKING BASED
I dunno much about it, but its somehow proven that its more healthy than normal walking if you do it right or something like that.
Leo Cooper
>when you discover Russia was fren all along
Sebastian Phillips
Yes, good for heart and legs
Joseph Mitchell
Stick walking is rp&bd
Hudson Anderson
just watch out for finland police fuck estonia
Angel Reyes
We are build houses by finnish technology here in Siberia.
Brody Stewart
BASED
Dominic Fisher
ABSOLUTELY BASED
Caleb Reyes
Andrew Nguyen
>Is there anything Finland needs?
You staying away from Finland.