Egypt’s coastline is 2 times as long as Finland’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 1,301 m above Finland’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 7.4% of Finland, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Finland: 7.4% (2024)

Egypt has 21 times as many people as Finland

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

Egypt is 6.4 times as densely populated as Finland

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 19 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.5 more children on average than in Finland

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

Finland hosts 9.8 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Finland: 8.9 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)

Egypt’s economy is 15% larger than Finland’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

Finland produces 3.3 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Egypt than in Finland (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Finland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 6.8% in Egypt

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Finland: 2.6% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Finland: 25.3% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 5.6× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

Finland spends 39 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 5.4 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Finland has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 16 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.90 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 91 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

Finland has 2.5 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

Finland has 252 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 872 more hours a year than in Finland

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 2.8 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 7.7 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

Finland has 1 more World Heritage site than Egypt (8 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Finland: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Finland: 486 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 3.1 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Finland: 247 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Finland are practically level

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Finland: 100% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 15% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Finland: 74.2% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 7.6 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 34% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Finland

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Egypt are 2.3 times as deadly as in Finland

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 20.0 °C warmer than Finland

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Finland gets 62 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)