Finland

News coverage about Finland accounts for 0.322% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-0.0%). The average tone of this coverage is -0.23 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.322%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-0.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.23
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Finland coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.32% on 2026-08-200.001.02.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Finland coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.23 on 2026-08-20+2.50-2.5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Finland: 24 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0May 28Jun 12Jun 23Jul 5Jul 22Jul 30Aug 19

Diplomacy (1/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Finland: 87 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (10/day latest)

Coercive events located in Finland: 81 days, latest 10.00 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0May 26Jun 10Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24Aug 8Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Finland, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 53% of the coverage about Finland came from outlets based in Finland — the rest was written from abroad (16,594 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Finland from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 56.32 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Finland produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Helsinki (13)
  • Vaasa (4)
  • Kainuu (2)
  • Tuusula (2)
  • Uusimaa (2)
  • Kuopio (2)
  • Lieksa (1)
  • Lieksan (1)
  • Pohjola (1)
  • Kymi (1)
  • Kuusaa (1)
  • Kouvola (1)

Places named in coverage about Finland on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Finland

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$317.0B
World Bank, 2025
Population
5.6M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
83.4%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.3%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
5
originating from Finland
Refugees hosted
102,544
from other countries
Asylum seekers
1,879
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 1,296 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Finland-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).