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2024
global knowledge index
Finland
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):321.126
- Population:5,601,186
- HDI:0.942
2/141
Gki
Score
68
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Finland is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 2nd out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 2nd out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Rule of law
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
- Control of corruption
- Logistics performance
- Share of students enrolled in secondary vocational programmes
Areas of Improvement
- Ratio of high-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Researchers in higher education (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
10
81.22
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
5
67.26
Higher
Education
19
59.32
Research, Development
and Innovation
6
52.4
Information and
Communications Technology
3
74.21
Economy
14
67.76
Enabling
Environment
5
84.57
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GKI Pillars
