Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Finland instead of Belgium, you would:
Economy
be 17.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belgium, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Finland, however, that number is 12.2% as of 2019.
be 23.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 6.6% as of 2019.
Life
be 40.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Finland, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
be 33.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Belgium, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Finland, on the other hand, 2.1 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 14.0% less on healthcare
Belgium spends 10.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 9.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 18.8 times more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Finland, that number is 1,250 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Finland: At a glance
How big is Finland compared to Belgium? See an in-depth size comparison.