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Finland vs Sweden

189 shared metrics.

FinlandLeads in 76

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SwedenLeads in 113

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What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Finland

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Finland.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

In northern Finnish Lapland, the summer midnight sun can keep the sun above the horizon for over two months.

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Sweden

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Sweden.

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Curated stat

Sweden has nearly 100,000 lakes, a clue to why its map feels carved by ice and water.

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Analysis

Sweden leads in 113 of 189 shared metrics, while Finland leads in 76.

Finland's Firms Making Informal Payments is 3.8x that of Sweden (2.3% of firms vs 0.48% of firms).

Finland's Gender Gap in Work is 3.4x that of Sweden (36.63 min/day vs 8.3 min/day).

Finland's Political Corruption Index is 2.4x that of Sweden (0.03 vs 0.01).

Finland's Gender Pay Gap (%) is 1.1x that of Sweden (16.13% of male wages vs 7.5% of male wages).

Finland has 100% higher Official Languages Count than Sweden.

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFinland leads

Finland

2.3% of firms

Sweden

0.48% of firms

Gender Gap in WorkFinland leads

Finland

36.63 min/day

Sweden

8.3 min/day

Political Corruption IndexFinland leads

Finland

0.03

Sweden

0.01

Gender Pay Gap (%)Finland leads

Finland

16.13% of male wages

Sweden

7.5% of male wages

Official Languages CountFinland leads

Finland

2.0

Sweden

1.0

Road Traffic Death RateFinland leads

Sweden

Finland

80 km²

Sweden

510 km²

84% lower

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Sweden

Finland

0.54 per 1M people

Sweden

2.6 per 1M people

79% lower

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Sweden

Finland

1.3% of GDP

Sweden

6.1% of GDP

79% lower

Spirits Consumption

Finland

2.0 L/person/yr

Sweden

1.1 L/person/yr

78% higher

Foreign Patents

Sweden

Finland

105

Sweden

425

75% lower

Teen Birth Rate

Finland

3.1 per 1k

Sweden

1.8 per 1k

73% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Finland

19.34 per 1k

Sweden

11.41 per 1k

70% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Finland

61.3% of GDP

Sweden

36.9% of GDP

66% higher

Sweden

Finland

1.2%

Sweden

2.6%

54% lower

Comparison of Finland and Sweden across 189 metrics
				Winner
Firms Making Informal Payments	2.3% of firms	0.48% of firms	384% higher	Finland
Gender Gap in Work	36.63 min/day	8.3 min/day	340% higher	Finland
Political Corruption Index	0.03	0.01	244% higher	Finland
Gender Pay Gap (%)	16.13% of male wages	7.5% of male wages	115% higher	Finland
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Finland
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.2 per 100k	2.1 per 100k	100% higher	Finland
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	41.29 per 100k	21.25 per 100k	94% higher	Finland
Water Stress (%)	2.8%	1.5%	93% higher	Finland
Irrigated Land	80 km²	510 km²	84% lower	Sweden
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.54 per 1M people	2.6 per 1M people	79% lower	Sweden
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.3% of GDP	6.1% of GDP	79% lower	Sweden
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	78% higher	Finland
Foreign Patents	105	425	75% lower	Sweden
Teen Birth Rate	3.1 per 1k	1.8 per 1k	73% higher	Finland
Nurses & Midwives	19.34 per 1k	11.41 per 1k	70% higher	Finland
Government Debt (% GDP)	61.3% of GDP	36.9% of GDP	66% higher	Finland
Electricity Carbon Intensity	57.47 gCO2/kWh	35.26 gCO2/kWh	63% higher	Finland
Coastline Length	1.3K km	3.2K km	61% lower	Sweden
Tourist Arrivals	896.0K	1.96M	54% lower	Sweden
Solar Electricity Share	1.2%	2.6%	54% lower	Sweden
Vehicles per 1,000 People	949.51 per 1k people	615.02 per 1k people	54% higher	Finland
Airports	98	209	53% lower	Sweden
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	15 sites	53% lower	Sweden
Long Work Hours	2.5% of employees	5.2% of employees	52% lower	Sweden
Electric Generating Capacity	26.78M kW	55.31M kW	52% lower	Sweden
Electricity Generation	83.6 TWh	172.79 TWh	52% lower	Sweden
Road Deaths	3.3 per 100k	2.2 per 100k	51% higher	Finland
GDP (Nominal)	$298,696,961,297.66	$603,715,224,265.8	51% lower	Sweden
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Finland
Job Insecurity	2.2% of earnings at risk	4.4% of earnings at risk	49% lower	Sweden
GDP Growth Rate	0.42%	0.82%	49% lower	Sweden
Population	5.55M	10.64M	48% lower	Sweden
CO2 Per Capita	5.3 t/person/yr	3.6 t/person/yr	48% higher	Finland
Nuclear Electricity Share	42%	28.6%	47% higher	Finland
Armed Forces Personnel	22.0K	15.0K	47% higher	Finland
High-Tech Exports (%)	9.3%	17.65%	47% lower	Sweden
Low Life Satisfaction	3.6% of adults 16+	6.6% of adults 16+	46% lower	Sweden
Railway Length	5.9K km	10.9K km	46% lower	Sweden
Scientific Publications	12.0K	22.4K	46% lower	Sweden
Informal Employment Share	2.0% of employed people	3.7% of employed people	46% lower	Sweden
Lack of Support	4.3% of adults 15+	7.8% of adults 15+	45% lower	Sweden
Air Passengers	10.79M	19.55M	45% lower	Sweden
Obesity Rate	23.7%	16.41%	44% higher	Finland
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	44% lower	Sweden
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	35.29 per 100k	24.63 per 100k	43% higher	Finland
Inflation Rate	1.6%	2.8%	43% lower	Sweden
Youth NEET Rate	10.03% of youth 15-24	7.0% of youth 15-24	42% higher	Finland
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.8 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	40% higher	Finland
Railway Network	5.9K km	9.7K km	39% lower	Sweden
Depression Rate	6.5% of adults 15+	10.5% of adults 15+	38% lower	Sweden
Energy Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kg oil eq/person	4.3K kg oil eq/person	37% higher	Finland
Highest Elevation	1.3K m	2.1K m	37% lower	Sweden
Beer Consumption	3.6 L/person/yr	2.7 L/person/yr	36% higher	Finland
Overcrowded Housing	10.27% of households	15.72% of households	35% lower	Sweden
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	146 gold medals	224 gold medals	35% lower	Sweden
Credit Card Ownership	65.29% of adults	48.35% of adults	35% higher	Finland
Fuel Poverty	2.7% of adults 16+	4.1% of adults 16+	34% lower	Sweden
Air Pollution Exposure	47.85% of population	73.02% of population	34% lower	Sweden
University Enrollment Rate	108.13%	81.4%	33% higher	Finland
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	23.6 per 100k people	35.1 per 100k people	33% lower	Sweden
Job Strain	16.34% of employees	23.56% of employees	31% lower	Sweden
All-Time Olympic Medals	486 medals	709 medals	31% lower	Sweden
Political Voice	20.86% who feel heard by government	29.92% who feel heard by government	30% lower	Sweden
Time Dissatisfaction	7.4% of adults 16+	10.48% of adults 16+	29% lower	Sweden
Population Density	18.37 /km²	25.87 /km²	29% lower	Sweden
Birth Rate	7.8 per 1k	10.56 per 1k	27% lower	Sweden
Insufficient Physical Activity	11.81% of adults	9.3% of adults	27% higher	Finland
Milk Consumption per Person	430.76 kg/person/yr	341.23 kg/person/yr	26% higher	Finland
Land Area	304.0K km²	407.3K km²	25% lower	Sweden
Poor Health	6.1% reporting poor health	8.0% reporting poor health	24% lower	Sweden
Low Reading Skills	11.54% of students	15.23% of students	24% lower	Sweden
Low Math Skills	11.54% of students	15.23% of students	24% lower	Sweden
Low Science Skills	11.54% of students	15.23% of students	24% lower	Sweden
Renewable Energy (%)	38.89%	51.32%	24% lower	Sweden
Hypertension Prevalence	37.2% of adults	30.2% of adults	23% higher	Finland
Exports (% GDP)	41.91% of GDP	54.31% of GDP	23% lower	Sweden
Fertility Rate	1.3 children/woman	1.7 children/woman	23% lower	Sweden
Merchant Fleet Size	282	361	22% lower	Sweden
Water Withdrawal	3.0 B m³	2.5 B m³	21% higher	Finland
Happiness Inequality	1.6 vs bottom 20%	2.0 vs bottom 20%	20% lower	Sweden
Wind Electricity Share	27.44%	22.79%	20% higher	Finland
Forest Area	224.1K km²	279.8K km²	20% lower	Sweden
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,902.04	$6,152.33	20% lower	Sweden
Long-Term Unemployment	1.6% of workforce	1.4% of workforce	19% higher	Finland
Imports (% GDP)	41.55% of GDP	51.57% of GDP	19% lower	Sweden
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.6 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	18% lower	Sweden
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	14.4K kWh/person	12.1K kWh/person	18% higher	Finland
Total CO2 Emissions	31.11 Mt CO2e	37.77 Mt CO2e	18% lower	Sweden
Earnings Inequality	2.6 vs bottom 10%	2.2 vs bottom 10%	17% higher	Finland
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	15.31 per 1M people	18.41 per 1M people	17% lower	Sweden
Urban Population (%)	74.26%	88.86%	16% lower	Sweden
Land Border Length	2.6K km	2.2K km	16% higher	Finland
Poverty Rate	6.8% of population	8.0% of population	15% lower	Sweden
Voter Turnout	71.55% of votes	84.21% of votes	15% lower	Sweden
Broadband Access (%)	35 per 100 people	41 per 100 people	15% lower	Sweden
Military Spending	2.3% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	15% higher	Finland
Elderly Population (%)	23.9%	20.75%	15% higher	Finland
Firms Hit by Power Outages	27.83% of firms	32.74% of firms	15% lower	Sweden
Death Rate	11.01 per 1k	9.6 per 1k	14% higher	Finland
Homicide Rate	0.98 per 100k	1.1 per 100k	14% lower	Sweden
Youth Population (%)	14.63%	16.99%	14% lower	Sweden
Time Use Inequality	2.2 vs bottom 20%	2.5 vs bottom 20%	13% lower	Sweden
Renewable Energy (%)	50.2%	57.9%	13% lower	Sweden
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	4.9 µg/m³	5.6 µg/m³	13% lower	Sweden
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.0% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	13% lower	Sweden
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.4% of GDP	7.3% of GDP	13% lower	Sweden
Domestic Patents	1.6K	1.8K	12% lower	Sweden
Protected Land (%)	13.6%	15.5%	12% lower	Sweden
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.48% of youth labor force	24.31% of youth labor force	12% lower	Sweden
Women in Senior Management	39.23% of managers	44.74% of managers	12% lower	Sweden
Low Adult Numeracy	9.8% of adults	8.8% of adults	11% higher	Finland
Shipping Traffic	1.45M	1.63M	11% lower	Sweden
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	141 per 100 people	11% lower	Sweden
GNI Per Capita	$51,650	$58,190	11% lower	Sweden
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.7% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	11% lower	Sweden
Financial Hardship	8.9% of adults 16+	9.9% of adults 16+	10% lower	Sweden
Housing Cost Burden	24.06% of households	21.82% of households	10% higher	Finland
Corruption Perceptions Index	88 pts	80 pts	10% higher	Finland
Tobacco Use Prevalence	21.4% of adults	19.5% of adults	10% higher	Finland
Infant Mortality	1.8 per 1k births	2.0 per 1k births	10% lower	Sweden
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	3.9 vs bottom 20%	4.3 vs bottom 20%	9% lower	Sweden
Loneliness	7.2% of adults 16+	7.9% of adults 16+	9% lower	Sweden
Low Adult Literacy	2.6% of adults	2.8% of adults	9% lower	Sweden
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$64,288.55	$71,030.46	9% lower	Sweden
Safety at Night	86.5% feeling safe at night	80% feeling safe at night	8% higher	Finland
Child Mortality	2.3 per 1k births	2.5 per 1k births	8% lower	Sweden
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	25.38% of GDP	27.58% of GDP	8% lower	Sweden
Adult Literacy	302.72 pts	284.08 pts	7% higher	Finland
Relationship Dissatisfaction	3.6% of adults 16+	3.8% of adults 16+	7% lower	Sweden
Median Age	42.8 years	39.9 years	7% higher	Finland
Seafood Consumption per Person	33.52 kg/person/yr	31.34 kg/person/yr	7% higher	Finland
Forest Coverage (%)	73.72%	68.7%	7% higher	Finland
Life Evaluation Score	7.8 pts	7.3 pts	7% higher	Finland
Food Waste per Person	109 kg/person/yr	117 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Sweden
Employment Rate (%)	78.83% of adults 25-64	84.23% of adults 25-64	6% lower	Sweden
Inequality (Gini)	27.4	29.3	6% lower	Sweden
Researchers	8.1K per 1M	8.6K per 1M	6% lower	Sweden
Home Internet Access	95.48% of households	90.96% of households	5% higher	Finland
Adult Numeracy	298.94 pts	285.21 pts	5% higher	Finland
Life Satisfaction	7.8 pts	7.4 pts	5% higher	Finland
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.9 vs bottom 10%	5% lower	Sweden
Relationship Inequality	1.7 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	5% lower	Sweden
Liberal Democracy Index	0.81	0.85	5% lower	Sweden
Suicide Rate	14.57 per 100k	13.84 per 100k	5% higher	Finland
Alcohol Consumption	9.1 L/adult/yr	9.6 L/adult/yr	5% lower	Sweden
Job Satisfaction	7.9 pts	7.6 pts	4% higher	Finland
Science Skills	510.96 pts	493.55 pts	4% higher	Finland
Social Support	95.42% of adults 15+	92.14% of adults 15+	4% higher	Finland
Math Score Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	4% lower	Sweden
Electoral Democracy Index	0.85	0.89	4% lower	Sweden
Housing Affordability	78.7% of income	81.06% of income	3% lower	Sweden
Time Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.4 pts	3% higher	Finland
Green Space Access	93.88% of urban pop.	91.4% of urban pop.	3% higher	Finland
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	3% lower	Sweden
Numeracy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	3% lower	Sweden
Dependency Ratio	62.68% of working-age pop.	60.6% of working-age pop.	3% higher	Finland
Unemployment Rate	8.3%	8.5%	3% lower	Sweden
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$41,507	$42,260	2% lower	Sweden
Relationship Satisfaction	8.2 pts	8.3 pts	2% lower	Sweden
Chronic Pain	24% of adults 15+	24.5% of adults 15+	2% lower	Sweden
Smoking Rate	22.3%	22.7%	2% lower	Sweden
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.6 hrs/week	34.2 hrs/week	2% lower	Sweden
Agricultural Land (%)	7.4%	7.3%	2% higher	Finland
Internet Users (%)	94%	95.53%	2% lower	Sweden
Women in Parliament (%)	46%	46.7%	2% lower	Sweden
Life Expectancy	81.7 years	83.3 years	2% lower	Sweden
Average Earnings	$59,596.58	$60,415.32	1% lower	Sweden
Reading Skills	490.22 pts	486.98 pts	1% higher	Finland
Human Development Index	0.95	0.96	1% lower	Sweden
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	Sweden
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.92	1% higher	Finland
Sanitation Access (%)	99.45%	98.74%	1% higher	Finland
Digital Payments Used	98.47% of adults	99.06% of adults	1% lower	Sweden
Self-Rated Health	66.5% reporting good health	66.5% reporting good health	equal	Finland
Math Skills	484.14 pts	481.77 pts	equal	Finland
Social Time	6.2 hrs/week	6.1 hrs/week	equal	Finland
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Finland
Homicide Rate	1.1 per 100k	1.1 per 100k	equal	Finland
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Finland
Meat Consumption per Person	76.7 kg/person/yr	77.07 kg/person/yr	equal	Sweden
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	25 days/yr	equal	Finland
Coal Electricity Share	0.19%	0%	ranked higher	Finland
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Finland
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.65%	99.76%	equal	Sweden
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.8% of firms	0% of firms	ranked higher	Finland
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-2.4 m	ranked higher	Finland
Can Raise Emergency Money	97.68% of adults	97.96% of adults	equal	Sweden
Freedom of Expression Index	0.95	0.95	equal	Finland
Firms with Female Top Manager	12.9% of firms	12.89% of firms	equal	Finland

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Analysis

Sweden leads in 113 of 189 shared metrics, while Finland leads in 76.

Finland's Firms Making Informal Payments is 3.8x that of Sweden (2.3% of firms vs 0.48% of firms).

Finland's Gender Gap in Work is 3.4x that of Sweden (36.63 min/day vs 8.3 min/day).

Finland's Political Corruption Index is 2.4x that of Sweden (0.03 vs 0.01).

Finland's Gender Pay Gap (%) is 1.1x that of Sweden (16.13% of male wages vs 7.5% of male wages).

Finland has 100% higher Official Languages Count than Sweden.

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFinland leads

Finland

2.3% of firms

Sweden

0.48% of firms

Gender Gap in WorkFinland leads

Finland

36.63 min/day

Sweden

8.3 min/day

Political Corruption IndexFinland leads

Finland

0.03

Sweden

0.01

Gender Pay Gap (%)Finland leads

Finland

16.13% of male wages

Sweden

7.5% of male wages

Official Languages CountFinland leads

Finland

2.0

Sweden

1.0

Road Traffic Death RateFinland leads

Finland

4.2 per 100k

Sweden

2.1 per 100k

Firms Making Informal Payments

2.3% of firms

0.48% of firms

Gender Gap in Work

36.63 min/day

8.3 min/day

Political Corruption Index

0.03

0.01

Gender Pay Gap (%)

16.13% of male wages

7.5% of male wages

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Road Traffic Death Rate

4.2 per 100k

2.1 per 100k

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

41.29 per 100k

21.25 per 100k

Water Stress (%)

2.8%

1.5%

Irrigated Land

80 km²

510 km²

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.54 per 1M people

2.6 per 1M people

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

1.3% of GDP

6.1% of GDP

Spirits Consumption

2.0 L/person/yr

1.1 L/person/yr

Foreign Patents

105

425

Teen Birth Rate

3.1 per 1k

1.8 per 1k

Nurses & Midwives

19.34 per 1k

11.41 per 1k

Government Debt (% GDP)

61.3% of GDP

36.9% of GDP

Electricity Carbon Intensity

57.47 gCO2/kWh

35.26 gCO2/kWh

Coastline Length

1.3K km

3.2K km

Tourist Arrivals

896.0K

1.96M

Solar Electricity Share

1.2%

2.6%

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What matters for both sides

Finland

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Making Informal Payments

Gender Gap in Work

Political Corruption Index

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Official Languages Count

Road Traffic Death Rate

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Foreign Patents

Teen Birth Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Government Debt (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Coastline Length

Tourist Arrivals

Solar Electricity Share

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Airports

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Long Work Hours

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Road Deaths

GDP (Nominal)

Border Neighbors

Job Insecurity

GDP Growth Rate

Population

CO2 Per Capita

Nuclear Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

High-Tech Exports (%)

Low Life Satisfaction

Railway Length

Scientific Publications

Informal Employment Share

Lack of Support

Air Passengers

Obesity Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Inflation Rate

Youth NEET Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Railway Network

Depression Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Highest Elevation

Beer Consumption

Overcrowded Housing

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Credit Card Ownership

Fuel Poverty

Air Pollution Exposure

University Enrollment Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Job Strain

All-Time Olympic Medals

Political Voice

Time Dissatisfaction

Population Density

Birth Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Milk Consumption per Person

Land Area

Poor Health

Low Reading Skills

Low Math Skills