What is freedom of association index in Finland?

Freedom of association index in Finland was 0.864 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Finland?

The highest recorded value was 0.885 in 2013.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Finland?

The lowest recorded value was 0.248 in 1800.

How does Finland rank for freedom of association index?

Finland ranks 48th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Finland?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Finland data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Finland

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Finland
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Finland: Freedom of Association Index was 0.864 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.864

Change on year

up 6.1%

World rank

48th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.885

in 2013

All-time low

0.248

in 1800

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Finland, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, freedom of association index in Finland stood at 0.864.

That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Finland peaked at 0.885 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.248, in 1800.

Finland ranks 48th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Freedom of Association Index in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Finland, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.249	—
1790	0.249	+0.0%
1791	0.249	+0.0%
1792	0.251	+0.8%
1793	0.251	+0.0%
1794	0.251	+0.0%
1795	0.251	+0.0%
1796	0.251	+0.0%
1797	0.251	+0.0%
1798	0.251	+0.0%
1799	0.251	+0.0%
1800	0.248	-1.2%
1801	0.248	+0.0%
1802	0.248	+0.0%
1803	0.248	+0.0%
1804	0.248	+0.0%
1805	0.248	+0.0%
1806	0.248	+0.0%
1807	0.248	+0.0%
1808	0.248	+0.0%
1809	0.641	+158.5%
1810	0.641	+0.0%
1811	0.641	+0.0%
1812	0.641	+0.0%
1813	0.641	+0.0%
1814	0.641	+0.0%
1815	0.641	+0.0%
1816	0.641	+0.0%
1817	0.641	+0.0%
1818	0.641	+0.0%
1819	0.641	+0.0%
1820	0.641	+0.0%
1821	0.641	+0.0%
1822	0.641	+0.0%
1823	0.641	+0.0%
1824	0.641	+0.0%
1825	0.641	+0.0%
1826	0.641	+0.0%
1827	0.641	+0.0%
1828	0.641	+0.0%
1829	0.641	+0.0%
1830	0.641	+0.0%
1831	0.641	+0.0%
1832	0.641	+0.0%
1833	0.641	+0.0%
1834	0.641	+0.0%
1835	0.641	+0.0%
1836	0.641	+0.0%
1837	0.641	+0.0%
1838	0.641	+0.0%
1839	0.641	+0.0%
1840	0.641	+0.0%
1841	0.641	+0.0%
1842	0.641	+0.0%
1843	0.641	+0.0%
1844	0.641	+0.0%
1845	0.641	+0.0%
1846	0.641	+0.0%
1847	0.641	+0.0%
1848	0.641	+0.0%
1849	0.641	+0.0%
1850	0.641	+0.0%
1851	0.641	+0.0%
1852	0.641	+0.0%
1853	0.641	+0.0%
1854	0.641	+0.0%
1855	0.641	+0.0%
1856	0.641	+0.0%
1857	0.641	+0.0%
1858	0.641	+0.0%
1859	0.641	+0.0%
1860	0.641	+0.0%
1861	0.641	+0.0%
1862	0.641	+0.0%
1863	0.653	+1.9%
1864	0.691	+5.8%
1865	0.691	+0.0%
1866	0.691	+0.0%
1867	0.694	+0.4%
1868	0.694	+0.0%
1869	0.694	+0.0%
1870	0.694	+0.0%
1871	0.694	+0.0%
1872	0.695	+0.1%
1873	0.695	+0.0%
1874	0.695	+0.0%
1875	0.695	+0.0%
1876	0.695	+0.0%
1877	0.689	-0.9%
1878	0.689	+0.0%
1879	0.689	+0.0%
1880	0.689	+0.0%
1881	0.689	+0.0%
1882	0.692	+0.4%
1883	0.692	+0.0%
1884	0.692	+0.0%
1885	0.696	+0.6%
1886	0.696	+0.0%
1887	0.696	+0.0%
1888	0.687	-1.3%
1889	0.687	+0.0%
1890	0.687	+0.0%
1891	0.692	+0.7%
1892	0.692	+0.0%
1893	0.692	+0.0%
1894	0.69	-0.3%
1895	0.69	+0.0%
1896	0.69	+0.0%
1897	0.689	-0.1%
1898	0.689	+0.0%
1899	0.692	+0.4%
1900	0.692	+0.0%
1901	0.692	+0.0%
1902	0.692	+0.0%
1903	0.692	+0.0%
1904	0.692	+0.0%
1905	0.692	+0.0%
1906	0.722	+4.3%
1907	0.77	+6.6%
1908	0.779	+1.2%
1909	0.782	+0.4%
1910	0.782	+0.0%
1911	0.782	+0.0%
1912	0.782	+0.0%
1913	0.782	+0.0%
1914	0.779	-0.4%
1915	0.779	+0.0%
1916	0.779	+0.0%
1917	0.777	-0.3%
1918	0.718	-7.6%
1919	0.732	+1.9%
1920	0.726	-0.8%
1921	0.726	+0.0%
1922	0.726	+0.0%
1923	0.706	-2.8%
1924	0.696	-1.4%
1925	0.695	-0.1%
1926	0.695	+0.0%
1927	0.696	+0.1%
1928	0.696	+0.0%
1929	0.699	+0.4%
1930	0.636	-9.0%
1931	0.645	+1.4%
1932	0.645	+0.0%
1933	0.642	-0.5%
1934	0.64	-0.3%
1935	0.64	+0.0%
1936	0.644	+0.6%
1937	0.642	-0.3%
1938	0.642	+0.0%
1939	0.614	-4.4%
1940	0.615	+0.2%
1941	0.615	+0.0%
1942	0.615	+0.0%
1943	0.615	+0.0%
1944	0.615	+0.0%
1945	0.793	+28.9%
1946	0.839	+5.8%
1947	0.825	-1.7%
1948	0.847	+2.7%
1949	0.853	+0.7%
1950	0.853	+0.0%
1951	0.853	+0.0%
1952	0.853	+0.0%
1953	0.853	+0.0%
1954	0.853	+0.0%
1955	0.853	+0.0%
1956	0.851	-0.2%
1957	0.851	+0.0%
1958	0.851	+0.0%
1959	0.852	+0.1%
1960	0.852	+0.0%
1961	0.852	+0.0%
1962	0.824	-3.3%
1963	0.824	+0.0%
1964	0.824	+0.0%
1965	0.824	+0.0%
1966	0.826	+0.2%
1967	0.839	+1.6%
1968	0.838	-0.1%
1969	0.829	-1.1%
1970	0.827	-0.2%
1971	0.827	+0.0%
1972	0.827	+0.0%
1973	0.827	+0.0%
1974	0.827	+0.0%
1975	0.827	+0.0%
1976	0.828	+0.1%
1977	0.828	+0.0%
1978	0.829	+0.1%
1979	0.832	+0.4%
1980	0.833	+0.1%
1981	0.833	+0.0%
1982	0.861	+3.4%
1983	0.86	-0.1%
1984	0.86	+0.0%
1985	0.86	+0.0%
1986	0.86	+0.0%
1987	0.862	+0.2%
1988	0.862	+0.0%
1989	0.862	+0.0%
1990	0.862	+0.0%
1991	0.862	+0.0%
1992	0.862	+0.0%
1993	0.874	+1.4%
1994	0.873	-0.1%
1995	0.873	+0.0%
1996	0.873	+0.0%
1997	0.873	+0.0%
1998	0.873	+0.0%
1999	0.875	+0.2%
2000	0.876	+0.1%
2001	0.876	+0.0%
2002	0.876	+0.0%
2003	0.872	-0.5%
2004	0.872	+0.0%
2005	0.872	+0.0%
2006	0.872	+0.0%
2007	0.875	+0.3%
2008	0.875	+0.0%
2009	0.875	+0.0%
2010	0.875	+0.0%
2011	0.877	+0.2%
2012	0.878	+0.1%
2013	0.885	+0.8%
2014	0.885	+0.0%
2015	0.87	-1.7%
2016	0.871	+0.1%
2017	0.871	+0.0%
2018	0.871	+0.0%
2019	0.869	-0.2%
2020	0.868	-0.1%
2021	0.866	-0.2%
2022	0.862	-0.5%
2023	0.85	-1.4%
2024	0.814	-4.2%
2025	0.864	+6.1%

Finland compared with similar countries

Finland's 0.864 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.868, 100% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Finland's 0.864 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8555, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.249	0.249	0.249	1
1790s	0.2506	0.249	0.251	10
1800s	0.2873	0.248	0.641	10
1810s	0.641	0.641	0.641	10
1820s	0.641	0.641	0.641	10
1830s	0.641	0.641	0.641	10
1840s	0.641	0.641	0.641	10
1850s	0.641	0.641	0.641	10
1860s	0.6731	0.641	0.694	10
1870s	0.693	0.689	0.695	10
1880s	0.6916	0.687	0.696	10
1890s	0.6903	0.687	0.692	10
1900s	0.7205	0.692	0.782	10
1910s	0.7692	0.718	0.782	10
1920s	0.7061	0.695	0.726	10
1930s	0.639	0.614	0.645	10
1940s	0.7232	0.615	0.853	10
1950s	0.8523	0.851	0.853	10
1960s	0.8332	0.824	0.852	10
1970s	0.8279	0.827	0.832	10
1980s	0.8553	0.833	0.862	10
1990s	0.87	0.862	0.875	10
2000s	0.8741	0.872	0.876	10
2010s	0.8752	0.869	0.885	10
2020s	0.854	0.814	0.868	6

Countries ranked near Finland

47 Canada 0.865 compare
49 Poland 0.862 compare
50 Slovenia 0.861 compare
51 Chile 0.86 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Finland?: Freedom of association index in Finland was 0.864 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Finland?: The highest recorded value was 0.885 in 2013.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Finland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.248 in 1800.
How does Finland rank for freedom of association index?: Finland ranks 48th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Finland?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.