Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Germany instead of Finland, you would:
Economy
be 24.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Germany, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.
be 21.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Finland, 12.2% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2018.
Life
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Finland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Germany, 7.0 women do as of 2017.
be 49.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Finland, approximately 2.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Germany, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.
have 12.9% fewer children
In Finland, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Germany, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 20.6% less on education
Finland spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Germany spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 27.2% more on healthcare
Finland spends 9.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Germany, that number is 11.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 91.1% more coastline
Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Germany: At a glance
How big is Germany compared to Finland? See an in-depth size comparison.