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Finland

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  • Finland has a population of about 5.6M; its total GDP of $317B ranks #46 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 339,079 km² is about 1.8× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • GDP growth (annual) stands out most against the median: 0.2% — rank #153 of 168 countries with data.

Finland: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 5.6M (2025) #115 / 169 median 11.5M · 49%
Population growth 0.5% (2025) #119 / 169 median 1.1% · 43%
Urban population share 74.5% (2025) #52 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 24.2% (2025) #6 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.3×
Fertility rate 1.3 (2024) #152 / 169 median 2.1 · 60%
Birth rate 7.8‰ (2024) #153 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 49%
Death rate 10.4‰ (2024) #25 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.5×
Net migration 18.2K (2025) #32 / 169 N/A
Surface area 339,079 km² #68 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.8×
Population density derived 16.7/km² (2025) #148 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 23%
Economy
GDP (total) $317B (2025) #46 / 168 median $80.7B · 3.9×
GDP per capita $56,149 (2025) #18 / 168 median $6,834 · 8.2×
GNI per capita $55,250 (2025) #17 / 168 median $6,350 · 8.7×
GDP growth (annual) 0.2% (2025) #153 / 168 median 3.1% · 6%
Inflation rate 0.3% (2025) #145 / 162 median 3.3% · 10%
Unemployment rate 9.5% (2025) #36 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.8×
Gini index 27.4 (2023) #139 / 153 median 35.3 · 78%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.2% (2023) #124 / 153 median 2.5% · 8%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 42.3% (2025) #58 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.2×
Imports share of GDP 41.1% (2025) #78 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.0×
Agriculture share of GDP 2.6% (2025) #125 / 168 median 7.2% · 36%
Manufacturing share of GDP 14.2% (2025) #49 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.3×
International tourist arrivals 896K (2020) #93 / 162 median 1.1M · 79%
Tourism receipts $1.8B (2020) #58 / 165 median $705M · 2.5×
Health & education
Life expectancy 82.3 years (2024) #18 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 1.9‰ (2024) #160 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 15%
Under-five mortality 2.4‰ (2024) #159 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 15%
DPT immunization 91.0% (2024) #75 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) #64 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.3×
Health spending share of GDP 10.5% (2023) #18 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.6×
Secondary school enrollment 142.4% (2024) #2 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.6×
Education spending share of GDP 6.4% (2022) #17 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.5×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.948 (2023) #11 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.3×
Internet users 93.7% (2024) #28 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 125.9 per 100 (2024) #60 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 36.5 per 100 (2024) #28 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.0×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #23 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 5.5 t (2024) #40 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.1×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 31.1 Mt (2024) #70 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.5×
Renewable electricity share 52.9% (2021) #62 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.6×
Renewable energy consumption 50.2% (2021) #47 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.9×
Forest area 73.7% (2023) #8 / 169 median 32.4% · 2.3×
Agricultural land 7.4% (2023) #154 / 169 median 41.7% · 18%
Arable land 7.4% (2023) #101 / 168 median 11.0% · 67%
PM2.5 exposure 4.6 µg/m³ (2023) #167 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 23%
Military spending 2.3% (2024) #48 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.3×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Finland's true-shape outline

Finland's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 339,079 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).