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Finland vs Norway
How Finland and Norway compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Norway was higher: 83.3 years against 81.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Norway was higher: $83,810 against $44,940
- Population · In 2023, Finland was higher: 5.6 million people against 5.52 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Norway was higher: 3.28% of GDP against 2.57% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Norway was higher: 7.18 tonnes against 5.54 tonnes
Every measure
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| Measure | Finland | Norway | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 81.9 | 83.3 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 99.6 | 98.8 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.79 | 3.77 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 12.9 | 9.3 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 5.6 million | 5.52 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 0.39 | 1.11 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.28 | 1.41 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 74.5 | 83.6 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 42.8 | 39.5 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 23.6 | 18.5 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 6.8 | 9.7 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $44,940 | $83,810 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 1.8 | 3 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 88.4 | 54 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 11.7 | 11.2 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2017 | 98.8 | 99.82014 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.85 | 0.89 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.95 | 0.95 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 2.57 | 3.28 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $7.61B | $16.1B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $1,437 | $3,040 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 4.4 | 6.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 22,000 | 25,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.8 | 0.85 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 51 million | 407 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 115 million | 415 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 5.54 | 7.18 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 93.7 | 99 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 74.2 | 33.3 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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