Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Finland instead of Sweden, you would:
Health
live 0.9 years less
In Sweden, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Finland, that number is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 28.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sweden, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Finland, however, that number is 12.2% as of 2019.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Sweden, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Finland, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 17.1% less on education
Sweden 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 15.6% less on healthcare
Sweden spends 10.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Finland, that number is 9.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 61.2% less coastline
Sweden has a total of 3,218 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 Sweden? See an in-depth size comparison.