Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Finland instead of Netherlands, you would:
Economy
be 10.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Netherlands, 13.6% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Finland, however, that number is 12.2% as of 2019.
make 12.7% less money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $54,200 as of 2020, while in Finland, the GDP per capita is $47,300 as of 2020.
be 94.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Netherlands, 3.4% 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 Netherlands, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Finland, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
be 37.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Netherlands, approximately 3.4 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.
Expenditures
spend 16.7% more on education
Netherlands spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Finland spends 6.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 2.8 times more coastline
Netherlands has a total of 451 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 Netherlands? See an in-depth size comparison.