Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Spain instead of Finland, you would:
Economy
pay a 12.8% lower top tax rate
Finland has a top tax rate of 51.6% as of 2016. In Spain, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
make 23.5% less money
Finland has a GDP per capita of $47,300 as of 2020, while in Spain, the GDP per capita is $36,200 as of 2020.
be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Finland, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Spain, that number is 14.1% as of 2019.
be 69.7% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Finland, 12.2% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Spain, however, that number is 20.7% as of 2018.
Life
be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth
In Finland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Spain, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
be 16.0% 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 Spain, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.
have 31.6% fewer children
In Finland, there are approximately 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Spain, there are 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 33.3% less on education
Finland spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Spain spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 4.0 times more coastline
Finland has a total of 1,250 km of coastline. In Spain, that number is 4,964 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Finnish Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Spain: At a glance
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