Finland’s coastline is 47% longer than Nigeria’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Nigeria’s highest peak towers 1,091 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 42 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 14 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 25 years older than in Nigeria

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 3.1 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Finland hosts 35 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 9% larger than Nigeria’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Finland produces 6.9 times as much per person as Nigeria

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Nigeria than in Finland (Gini 6.5 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.9%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 6.6× Nigeria’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Finland spends 83 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 37 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 9.5 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Finland is 2 times that in Nigeria

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 2.98 points higher than in Nigeria

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Finland has 9.8 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Finland has 875 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 565 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 5.4 years longer than in Nigeria

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 344 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

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

Finland: 8 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Finland: 94% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 5.6 times as fast as in Nigeria

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Finland: 100% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Finland: 75% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Finland: 126 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 68% longer than Nigeria’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Finland fly 86 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 19% of Nigeria

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 9.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

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

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 9.3 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 4.7 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 23.8 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Nigeria gets 38% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)