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Finland on the 12 axes

MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.

Finland is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan. The strongest leans are Democratic Authority (-0.95), Liberty on Security (-0.90) and Progressive Morality (-0.85). Welfare is Shared at -0.80, with government spending of 57% of GDP (IMF, 2025) and public social spending of 31% of GDP (2024). The Freedom House civil liberties score is 60 out of 60 (2025) and the prison population is 54 per 100,000 (2024). Structure is close to the centre at +0.15, while Culture is at +0.10.

Norway is the closest match at 91%, with Denmark at 86%. Finland and Denmark share the Shared welfare lean, but Finland leans Religious (+0.45) where Denmark sits at the centre, and Finland leans Embrace on Technology (-0.35) where Denmark leans Caution. Explore which politicians and historical figures sit closest to Finland, or take the test to see your own closeness.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Finland sits

  1. 01Ownership+40
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+50
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare-80
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority-95
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security-90
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure+15
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-85
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion+45
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology-35
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture+10
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-65
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy-25
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

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Finland: questions

What is Finland's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Finland comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Finland?

On the 12 axes, Norway is closest at 91%, followed by Denmark at 86%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.