Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Norway instead of Finland, you would:
Economy
make 34.5% more money
Finland has a GDP per capita of $47,300 as of 2020, while in Norway, the GDP per capita is $63,600 as of 2020.
be 43.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Norway, that number is 3.7% as of 2019.
pay a 25.3% lower top tax rate
Finland has a top tax rate of 51.6% as of 2016. In Norway, the top tax rate is 38.5% as of 2017.
Life
be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Finland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Norway, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
have 17.1% more children
In Finland, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Norway, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 20.6% more on education
Finland spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Norway spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 14.1% more on healthcare
Finland spends 9.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Norway, that number is 10.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 20.1 times more coastline
Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Norway, that number is 25,148 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Finnish Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Norwegian Tax Administration.
Norway: At a glance
How big is Norway compared to Finland? See an in-depth size comparison.