Finland
Finland is ranked 4th overall on the Index and achieves the top position for policy making.
Finland achieves the maximum score for two policy making metrics which assess strategic planning and coordination themes, plus one more on the quality of policy advice. This suggests a strong all-round capability for this indicator.
Finland’s other strongest scores are for crisis and risk management (ranked 3rd) where it achieves the maximum score for all but 2 metrics, openness (ranked 4th) and capabilities(ranked 5th).
Within the openness indicator, Finland’s metric scores are very high on access to official information, the publication of laws, and the degree of government consultation with citizens on policy issues.
Finland’s capabilities results are noteworthy for its high scores for the readiness to learn and degree of job-related learning metrics, suggesting a strong learning and development ethos relative to other countries.