Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's in Finland
Finland: Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.7624 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's in Finland, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.7624 for environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in 2020.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Finland peaked at 0.8571 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.5859, in 2008.
Finland ranks 12th of 60 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.8571 | — |
| 1996 | 0.8299 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6467 | -22.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6284 | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.6031 | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6417 | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6221 | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6154 | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6427 | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6394 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6228 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5912 | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 0.598 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5859 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6171 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7308 | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7354 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7379 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.7452 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7466 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7074 | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6552 | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 0.713 | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7121 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7047 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7624 | +8.2% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 0.7624 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.357, 2.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Finland's 0.7624 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3794, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.713 | 0.6031 | 0.8571 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6176 | 0.5859 | 0.6427 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7188 | 0.6552 | 0.7466 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7624 | 0.7624 | 0.7624 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More public sector data for Finland
- Arms imports 64.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 11.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 72.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 64.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,243 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0234 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 6.99 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 121.73 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Finland?
- Environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's in Finland was 0.7624 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8571 in 1995.
- What is the lowest environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5859 in 2008.
- How does Finland rank for environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's?
- Finland ranks 12th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
- Is environmental protection, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.