Finland’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Ghana’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)

Finland’s highest peak towers 443 m above Ghana’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)

Ghana has 6.2 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)

Ghana is 8.3 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 22 years older than in Ghana

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)

Women in Ghana have 2.1 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)

Finland hosts 30 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Ghana 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Ghana’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)

Finland produces 7.7 times as much per person as Ghana

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Finland (Gini 16.1 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Ghana: no data

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.0% in Ghana

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ghana’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)

Finland spends 79 times as much on health per person as Ghana

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Ghana: $70 (2023)

A baby in Ghana is 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 14 times as many doctors per person as Ghana

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Finland has 3.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)

The suicide rate in Ghana is 31% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 14% in Ghana

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.21 points higher than in Ghana

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 3.6 times as much alcohol as in Ghana

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)

Finland has 4 times as much meat per person as Ghana

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)

Finland has 221 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ghana put in 159 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 5.9 years longer than in Ghana

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 29 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)

Finland has 6 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (8 against 2)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Ghana 5

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 72% in Ghana

Finland: 94% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 2.7 times as fast as in Ghana

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana

Finland: 100% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana

Finland: 75% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114

Finland: 126 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 6.2 times as long as Ghana’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)

Airlines from Finland fly 152 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 31% of Ghana

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 8.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)

The air in Ghana carries 5.2 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 86% more likely to be murdered in Ghana than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Ghana are 10 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)

Ghana is on average 24.4 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ghana gets 48% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)