Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Finland, you would:
Health
live 3.1 years longer
In Finland, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Japan, that number is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022.
be 80.6% less likely to be obese
In Finland, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Japan, that number is 4.3% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 64.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 2.4% as of 2019.
make 12.5% less money
Finland has a GDP per capita of $47,300 as of 2020, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $41,400 as of 2019.
be 32.0% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Finland, 12.2% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Japan, however, that number is 16.1% as of 2013.
Life
be 10.8% less 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 Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Finland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Japan, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
have 33.3% fewer children
In Finland, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Japan, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 49.2% less on education
Finland spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Japan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 16.3% more on healthcare
Finland spends 9.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Japan, that number is 10.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 23.8 times more coastline
Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Japan: At a glance
How big is Japan compared to Finland? See an in-depth size comparison.