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

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 3,871 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 10 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 5.3 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 23 years older than in Kenya

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.9 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Finland hosts 69% more refugees per resident than Kenya

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Finland and Kenya are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Kenya’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Finland produces 9.4 times as much per person as Kenya

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Finland (Gini 11.1 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Kenya’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Finland spends 65 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 18 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 12 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

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

Finland has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 46% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.09 points higher than in Kenya

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Finland has 6.8 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Finland has 1,200 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 538 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 4.4 years longer than in Kenya

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

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

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Finland and Kenya are practically level

Finland: 8 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Finland: 94% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 6 times as fast as in Kenya

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Finland: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Finland: 75% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya and Finland are practically level

Finland: 126 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 55% longer than Kenya’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Finland fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 10 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 22.1 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Finland gets 9% more rain than Kenya

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)