Finland vs United Kingdom: country risk compared

Finland currently carries the higher assessed risk (3.5 vs 2.4 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher AML/CFT effectiveness risk (5.5 vs 3.0).

🇫🇮 Finland (3.5/10, Moderate) vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (2.4/10, Lower).

Side by side

IndicatorFinlandUnited Kingdom
RegActions risk score3.5/10 (Moderate)2.4/10 (Lower)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)1.2/102.3/10
Corruption (CPI)88/100 (rank #2)70/100 (rank #20)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20192018
BO registerRestricted (live since 2019)Public (live since 2016)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Finland: last mutual evaluation 2019 · report
  • United Kingdom: last mutual evaluation 2018 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Finland is complete with medium confidence and United Kingdom is complete with medium confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.