Finland’s coastline is 4.6 times as long as Israel’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 908 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 24% of Israel, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Israel has 79% more people than Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 25 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 14 years older than in Israel

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.6 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Finland hosts 144 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Finland and Israel are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 93% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Finland produces 10% more per person than Israel

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Finland (Gini 10.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

Israel and Finland are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.5% in Israel

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Finland 2.6%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Israel’s 23%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Finland’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Finland spends 40% more on health per person than Israel

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Israel is 42% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 5% more doctors per person than Finland

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 20% more hospital beds per person than Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Finland is 90% higher than in Israel

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

Finland and Israel are practically level

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.58 points higher than in Israel

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 57% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Israel has 408 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 393 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.55 years longer than in Finland

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 8.3 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Israel has 1 more World Heritage site than Finland (9 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 88% in Israel

Finland: 94% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 59% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Israel are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Israel’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 6.8% of Israel

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 3.8 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 66% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Israel are 28% deadlier than in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 17.6 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Finland gets 3.7 times as much rain as Israel

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)