Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Finland instead of Ireland, you would:
Health
be 12.3% less likely to be obese
In Ireland, 25.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Finland, that number is 22.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 47.3% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $89,700 as of 2020, while in Finland, the GDP per capita is $47,300 as of 2020.
be 33.1% more likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 5.0% 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 Ireland, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Finland, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
be 38.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Ireland, approximately 3.5 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.
have 15.4% fewer children
In Ireland, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Finland, there are 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 85.3% more on education
Ireland spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Finland spends 6.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 37.3% more on healthcare
Ireland spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 9.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 13.7% less coastline
Ireland has a total of 1,448 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 Ireland? See an in-depth size comparison.