Spain’s coastline is 4 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 2,390 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

Spain has 8.7 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Spain is 5.3 times as densely populated as Finland

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

The typical person in Spain is 2.1 years older than in Finland

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

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

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 22% in Spain

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Finland hosts 75% more refugees per resident than Spain

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Spain 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 6 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

Finland produces 10% more per person than Spain

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Spain than in Finland (Gini 6 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 9.5% in Finland

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Finland and Spain are practically level

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Spain’s 15%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Spain’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

Finland spends 78% more on health per person than Spain

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Spain is 37% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 19% more doctors per person than Finland

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Spain has 11% more hospital beds per person than Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Finland is 85% higher than in Spain

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.22 points higher than in Spain

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 29% more alcohol than in Finland

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 45% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Spain has 32 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in Spain put in 141 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 2.2 years longer than in Spain

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

Spain welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Finland (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 42 more World Heritage sites than Finland (50 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Spain 195

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 94% in Finland

Finland: 94% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Spain is 31% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Spain are practically level

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

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Finland and Spain are nearly identical here

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 38% of Spain

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 15% more CO₂ than someone in Spain

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

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

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in Spain carries 85% more fine dust than in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 42% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Spain

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Spain are 17% deadlier than in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Spain is on average 11.3 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Finland gets 14% more rain than Spain

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)