Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uganda’s highest peak towers 3,782 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Uganda has 9.1 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Uganda is 14 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

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

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.9 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Finland

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Finland and Uganda are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Finland’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Uganda’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Finland produces 19 times as much per person as Uganda

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Finland (Gini 10.8 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Uganda’s 13%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Uganda’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Finland spends 122 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 19 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 19 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 31% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 3.27 points higher than in Uganda

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Finland has 6.4 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Finland has 968 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uganda put in 631 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 6.7 years longer than in Uganda

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 22 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

Finland has 5 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (8 against 3)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Finland: 94% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 4.6 times as fast as in Uganda

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Finland have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Finland: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Finland: 75% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Finland: 126 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 4.8 times as long as Uganda’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Finland fly 4,537 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 12% of Uganda

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 42 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 6.9 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9.1 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Uganda are 4.5 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Uganda is on average 20.1 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uganda gets 94% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)