Tanzania’s coastline is 14% longer than Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 4,567 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 12 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 4.3 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 26 years older than in Tanzania

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.3 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Finland hosts 7.5 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Finland and Tanzania are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Tanzania’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Finland produces 15 times as much per person as Tanzania

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Finland (Gini 13.1 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Finland: 85% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Finland spends 152 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 15 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 27 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Finland has 3.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 14% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.86 points higher than in Tanzania

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 6.3 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Finland has 5.7 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Finland has 827 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 632 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 6.9 years longer than in Tanzania

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 35 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

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

Finland has 1 more World Heritage site than Tanzania (8 against 7)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Finland: 94% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 4.4 times as fast as in Tanzania

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Finland: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Finland: 75% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Tanzania’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Finland fly 71 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 50% of Tanzania

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 4.6 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 3.8 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 19.6 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 45% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)