New Zealand’s coastline is 12 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Finland’s highest peak towers 1,298 m above New Zealand’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of New Zealand, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Finland has 6% more people than New Zealand

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

New Zealand is 9% more densely populated than Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 5.5 years older than in New Zealand

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.3 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Finland hosts 45 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Finland 2

Finland: 2 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 20% larger than New Zealand’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Finland produces 15% more per person than New Zealand

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

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

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Finland’s 25%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Finland’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Finland spends 10% more on health per person than New Zealand

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand and Finland are nearly identical here

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Finland has 4% more hospital beds per person than New Zealand

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Finland and New Zealand are nearly identical here

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.77 points higher than in New Zealand

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 6% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 15% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Finland has 224 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 211 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 0.1 years longer than in New Zealand

Finland: 13 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 33% more tourists per resident than New Zealand (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Finland has 5 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (8 against 3)

Finland: 8 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

Finland and New Zealand are practically level

Finland: 94% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 10% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Finland and New Zealand are practically level

Finland: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 43% longer than New Zealand’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 48% more passengers per resident than those from Finland

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 39% of New Zealand

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in New Zealand emits 18% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in New Zealand carries 30% more fine dust than in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 49% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 2.1 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 7.5 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 2.1 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)