Finland → United States
This score represents Finland's relationship toward United States. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
1 documented factor produce the +60 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60Finland joins NATOActive event · 2023
Accession placed Finland and the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty's collective-defence obligation.
Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish a frozen bilateral security rule beyond any separately coded treaty obligation.
1 documented factor produce the +35 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +35Durable democratic partnership before NATO accessionBaseline rule · 2015
By 2015 the two governments described a long-standing partnership across security, diplomacy, trade and international affairs.
1 documented factor produce the +20 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade remained below the frozen threshold or was unavailable, and no qualifying standing economic institution was evidenced.
1 documented factor produce the +50 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +50Broad alignment before formal allianceBaseline rule · 2015
The partners coordinated across European security, democratic values and the rules-based international order before Finland joined NATO.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Stable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
Official records identify no active bilateral territorial claim and place disagreements inside a durable cooperative relationship.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish a national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.
+18 in 2015 → +40 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
Finland → United States and United States → Finland remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Finland joins NATO
Accession placed Finland and the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty's collective-defence obligation.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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