Finland’s coastline is 5.6 times as long as Romania’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 1,216 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 3.4 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 4.5 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

Finland and Romania are practically level

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Romania have 0.1 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Finland hosts 67% more refugees per resident than Romania

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Romania 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 35% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Finland produces 29% more per person than Romania

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Finland (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Romania and Finland are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 6.0% in Romania

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Finland and Romania are practically level

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Romania’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Finland spends 5.2 times as much on health per person as Romania

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania and Finland are nearly identical here

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

Romania has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 60% higher than in Romania

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.14 points higher than in Romania

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 82% more alcohol than in Finland

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 4% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 303 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 329 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 1.4 years longer than in Romania

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 14% more tourists per resident than Romania (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 3 more World Heritage sites than Finland (11 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 91% in Romania

Finland: 94% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 28% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Romania are practically level

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

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Finland: 75% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Finland: 126 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 82% longer than Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 30% of Romania

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 47% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 2.6 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Romania is on average 7.4 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Romania and Finland are nearly identical here

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)