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At the same time, in Finland, which has commensurate size of the population (5.5 million people) to Bulgaria's, the budget for the judiciary is 855 million euros which is almost 4 times more than what is invested in Bulgaria. The professional judges in courts in Finland are 981 which is 18 judges for every 100 000 people. Analysing the indicators for efficiency of the judiciary, however, it appears that the Finnish judiciary works rather efficiently. This means that adequacy is ensured between human resources and specific needs, the CEPEJ's analysis says. The gross annual salary of a first instance judge in Finland is 61 336 euros which is many times higher than the salary of their Bulgarian colleagues but, instead, it is only 1.6 times higher than the average salary in Finland. The judges from supreme courts get 3.3 times higher salaries than the average Finn or 128 770 euros.
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