Which country in northern Europe is the most developed?

Northern Europe and Finland are the most developed. Finland is a highly developed country in the world, and its citizens enjoy a high standard of living.

Nordic is a political and geographical term, especially referring to the five sovereign countries of the Nordic Council: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The region includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland in northern Europe, as well as the Faroe Islands, which is internally autonomous. Northern Europe is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, Eastern Europe in the east, Arctic Ocean in the north and Central Europe in the south, with a total area of 654.38+0.3 million square kilometers. Terrain is platform and eroded mountain, and glacial lake, sheep back, serpentine hills and drum hills are the main geomorphological features. Most of northern Europe belongs to the continental climate of sub-cold zone, with long winters, low temperatures and short and cool summers. Iceland and other places have polar tundra climate, while western Denmark has temperate maritime climate. Nordic countries have relatively low population density and the highest economic level in Europe. The per capita GNP of Denmark, Sweden and other countries is far in the forefront of the world. Forestry, hydropower, iron ore mining, fishery, shipbuilding and shipping are all traditional economic sectors in northern Europe.

Finland is located in the northern part of Europe, bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia, bordering Finland Bay in the south and Virginia Bay in the west. The coastline is 1 100 km long, and the inland water area accounts for 10% of the national area. There are about179,000 islands and188,000 lakes, which is known as the "country of thousands of lakes". 1/3 The land is in the Arctic Circle, with a temperate maritime climate. The average temperature in winter is-14℃-3℃, the average temperature in summer is 13℃- 17℃, and the average annual rainfall is 600 mm. It is also a member of the European Union [1].

The earliest inhabitants of Finland are Lapland, so Finland is also called Lapland. After the Finns moved in, the Grand Duchy of Finland was established. /kloc-ruled by Sweden in the second half of the 0/2nd century. 1809 After the Russian-Swiss War, it merged into the Russian Empire and became a grand duchy. 19 17 12 Finland declared its independence.

Finland is a highly industrialized and liberalized market economy, and its per capita output is much higher than the average level of the European Union and comparable to that of neighboring Sweden. Finnish government civil servants are honest and efficient, and have formed a wide range of knowledge in society. Transparency International, a non-governmental organization that monitors corruption around the world, released the 20 12 Global Corruption Perception Index report. In 176 countries and regions, Finland ranks first and is the cleanest country. Finland is a highly developed country in the world, and its citizens enjoy a high standard of living.