The Philippines’ coastline is 29 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

The Philippines’ highest peak towers 1,626 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

The Philippines has 21 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

The Philippines is 21 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 18 years older than in the Philippines

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Women in the Philippines have 0.6 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Finland hosts 2,055 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the Philippines 0.1

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

Finland and the Philippines are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Philippines: 2 (2026)

The Philippines’ economy is 54% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

Finland produces 5.2 times as much per person as the Philippines

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the Philippines than in Finland (Gini 11.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

5.3% of people in the Philippines live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, the Philippines 1.3%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

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

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× the Philippines’

Finland: 85% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

Finland spends 28 times as much on health per person as the Philippines

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

A baby in the Philippines is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 4.6 times as many doctors per person as the Philippines

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Finland has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as the Philippines

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Finland is 4.2 times that in the Philippines

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 9.7% in the Philippines

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 20% in the Philippines

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.56 points higher than in the Philippines

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 54% more alcohol than in the Philippines

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

Finland has 2.1 times as much meat per person as the Philippines

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

Finland has 363 kcal more food per person per day than the Philippines

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Workers in the Philippines put in 599 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 3 years longer than in the Philippines

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 34 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

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

Finland: 8 (2026) · Philippines: 6 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, the Philippines 18

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Finland: 94% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 49% faster than in the Philippines

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Finland: 100% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 56% in the Philippines

Finland: 75% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Philippines 115

Finland: 126 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 12 times as long as the Philippines’

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Airlines from Finland fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Philippines

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 25% of the Philippines

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Philippines

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

The air in the Philippines carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.4 times as likely to be murdered in the Philippines as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in the Philippines are 2.6 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 22.8 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Philippines gets 4 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)