Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Finland instead of Norway, you would:
Economy
make 25.6% less money
Norway has a GDP per capita of $63,600 as of 2020, while in Finland, the GDP per capita is $47,300 as of 2020.
be 78.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Norway, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 6.6% as of 2019.
pay a 34.0% higher top tax rate
Norway has a top tax rate of 38.5% as of 2017. In Finland, the top tax rate is 51.6% as of 2016.
Life
be 50.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Norway, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Finland, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
have 14.6% fewer children
In Norway, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Finland, there are 10.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 17.1% less on education
Norway spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Finland spends 6.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 12.4% less on healthcare
Norway spends 10.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 9.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 95.0% less coastline
Norway has a total of 25,148 km of coastline. In Finland, that number is 1,250 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Finnish Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Norwegian Tax Administration.
Finland: At a glance
How big is Finland compared to Norway? See an in-depth size comparison.