Sweden’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Sweden’s highest peak towers 772 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Finland and Sweden are practically level

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Sweden has 88% more people than Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Sweden is 40% more densely populated than Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 2.9 years older than in Sweden

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

Women in Sweden have 0.2 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 21% in Sweden

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Finland hosts 34% more refugees per resident than Sweden

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Finland 8.9

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 10% more per person than Finland

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sweden than in Finland (Gini 1.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 8.7% in Sweden

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Finland and Sweden are practically level

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Finland’s 25%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Finland’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 18% more on health per person than Finland

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Sweden is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 22% more doctors per person than Finland

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Finland has 37% more hospital beds per person than Sweden

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 3% higher than in Sweden

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

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

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Sweden

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 8% more alcohol than in Sweden

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Finland has 2% more meat per person than Sweden

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Sweden has 21 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Finland put in 65 more hours a year than in Sweden

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 0.24 years longer than in Sweden

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 26% more tourists per resident than Sweden (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Sweden has 7 more World Heritage sites than Finland (15 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Finland 486

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

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

Finland: 94% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Sweden and Finland are nearly identical here

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Sweden are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 64% longer than Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 4% more passengers per resident than those from Sweden

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 69% of Sweden

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in Sweden

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Sweden carries 6% more fine dust than in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Finland are 56% deadlier than in Sweden

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Sweden is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 6% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)