Finland

Overview

Finland lands at #71 of 72 on the Cooked Index — 2nd Least Cooked. The clearest fault line runs through housing policy: housing cost burden (21% cost-burdened by housing) is worse than 19% of countries tracked. Economic policy isn't far behind — income inequality trails 8% of the field. And political institutions rounds out the picture: political polarization (Polarization 35/100) sits worse than 4% of countries. Same scoreboard, different departments.

Overall score: 11/100 — 16 points below the global median of 27 (higher = more cooked). Performance is lopsided: housing cost burden ranks worse than 19% of countries, while billionaires hoarded (7 billionaires) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 54% of the field. The story here isn't the country — it's the housing policy stack behind these numbers.

Sources: OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025)