Sri Lanka’s coastline is 7% longer than Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 1,196 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Sri Lanka has 3.9 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 19 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 10 years older than in Sri Lanka

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.7 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Finland hosts 1,855 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Finland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Finland produces 3.9 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Finland (Gini 10.3 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

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

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Sri Lanka’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Finland spends 41 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Sri Lanka is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 51% more hospital beds per person than Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 7% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.75 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Finland has 6 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Finland has 670 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 556 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 2.2 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Finland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Finland: 8 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 94% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 3.9 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Finland: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Finland: 75% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 3.8 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Finland fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 5.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 3.8 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 4 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 23.3 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2.4 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)