Finland fast facts
Finland was ranked 10th in the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2017, produced by the World Economic Forum( WEF).
Newsweek Magazine has ranked Finland as the world’ s best country on the basis of criteria emphasising the environment, education and quality of life.
According to the Social Progress Index( maintained by Social Progress Imperative), Finland was the most socially progressive country in the world in 2016.
When countries were viewed according to their expenditure on R & D as a percentage of GDP, Finland was the fourth on the list in 2016( Unesco Institute for Statistics).
Finland was third in the global Rule of Law Index 2016, which measures how the general public experiences the rule of law in everyday situations( The World Justice Project).
Finland has the best availability of scientists and engineers in the world( WEF’ s Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015).
The biggest infrastructure project in the country, the western metro connecting Helsinki and Espoo, was launched on 18 November, 2017.
Finnish game series Angry Birds has been downloaded more than three billion times, making it the most downloaded freemium game series of all time.
Oulu is the fastest growing city of“ Arctic Europe”, with over 500 startups launching operations during the last three years.
Helsinki is ranked third( behind New York and London) in the global CITIE Index 2015 which studied governmental support of entrepreneurs among cities.
Finland was – again – the most attractive Nordic country for securing foreign direct investment( FDI) projects with 133 ventures commenced in 2016.
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 placed Finland third on the list of world’ s least corrupt nations( Transparency International).
According to World Economic Forum( 2015), Finland is the highest ranking country in the world in terms of human capital.
Finland was again at the very bottom place of the Fragile State Index( FFP); as the comparison comprises 178 states, Finland’ s ranking is 178th.
Linchpin of the Helsinki-Tampere Corridor, Hämeenlinna is a prime example of great potential in the mid-size city range.
Tandem 4 Nordicum Graphics 2018