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Business climate in Finland

Finland ranks #5 of 54 on the overall business climate (score 70). Its strongest suit is energy prices, followed by rule of law; the weakest is momentum.

Energy prices100 / 100Rule of law89 / 100Red tape79 / 100Business taxes58 / 100Momentum24 / 100
DriverScoreRankMeasures
Red tape and ease of doing business79 #12 of 54Days to start a business (Doing Business): 14 (2017); Procedures to start a business (Doing Business): 3.00 (2017); Ease of doing business rank (Doing Business, 1 = easiest of 190): 13 (2017)
Rule of law and legal certainty89 #4 of 54Liberal democracy (V-Dem): 0.81 (2025); Corruption perceptions score (higher = cleaner): 88 (2025); Strength of legal rights for borrowers and lenders: 7.00 (2017)
Taxes on business58 #25 of 53Corporate income tax rate (headline): 20 (2026); Total tax and contribution rate on commercial profits: 38 (2017)
Cost of capital––no comparable figure yet
Energy prices for business100 #1 of 31Business electricity price (Eurostat, 500-1,999 MWh a year): 0.07 (2025)
Growth momentum and investment trend24 #50 of 53Real GDP growth, average of the last five years: 0.54 (2025); Growth trend: last three years against 2015-2019: -2.02 (2025); Foreign direct investment, net inflows: 0.00 (2023)
2010: 3.2%102011: 2.4%112012: -1.5%122013: -1.0%132014: -0.5%142015: 0.5%152016: 2.6%162017: 3.3%172018: 1.2%182019: 1.4%192020: -2.5%202021: 2.7%212022: 0.8%222023: -1.3%232024: 0.4%242025: 0.2%25
Real GDP growth by year (World Bank). Green bars: growth; red: contraction.

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Sources as on the business-climate table. Nestlyzer scores each measure 0–100 between the 5th and 95th percentile of the countries it covers. How the method works.