Greece’s coastline is 11 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)

Greece’s highest peak towers 1,589 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Greece: 38.9% (2024)

Greece has 84% more people than Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)

Greece is 4.3 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 3 years older than in Finland

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)

Finland and Greece are practically level

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)

Greece and Finland are practically level

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)

Finland hosts 41% more refugees per resident than Greece

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Greece 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 13% larger than Greece’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)

Finland produces 46% more per person than Greece

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in Finland (Gini 6 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)

Greece and Finland are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Greece: 0.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 8.5% in Greece

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)

Greece and Finland are practically level

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Greece: 3% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Finland’s 25%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Greece: 27.4% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Greece’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)

Finland spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Greece

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)

A baby in Greece is 68% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 82% more doctors per person than Finland

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Greece has 64% more hospital beds per person than Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 3.4 times that in Greece

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 2.07 points higher than in Greece

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 9% more alcohol than in Greece

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)

Greece has 18% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)

Greece has 36 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 396 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 1.4 years longer than in Greece

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Finland (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)

Greece has 13 more World Heritage sites than Finland (21 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Greece: 21 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Greece: 129 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 86% in Greece

Finland: 94% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 32% faster than in Greece

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Greece: 186 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Greece are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

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

Finland’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Greece’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 4% more passengers per resident than those from Greece

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 37% of Greece

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Greece: 36.9% (2024)

Greece and Finland are nearly identical here

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Greece

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Greece are 2 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 6% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)