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

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 1,237 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 13 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 7.5 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 3.1 years older than in Thailand

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Finland and Thailand are practically level

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Finland hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Finland has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 82% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Finland produces 2.5 times as much per person as Thailand

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Finland (Gini 5.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Finland and Thailand are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

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

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Thailand’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Finland spends 17 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Finland has 9% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Finland is 36% higher than in Thailand

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.47 points higher than in Thailand

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 19% more alcohol than in Thailand

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Finland has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Finland has 490 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 680 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 3.9 years longer than in Thailand

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 43% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 1 more World Heritage site than Finland (9 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 46% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Thailand are practically level

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

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Finland: 75% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 45% longer than Thailand’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Finland fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 39% of Thailand

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 42% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 6.7 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 23.2 °C warmer than Finland

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

Thailand gets 2.2 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)