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Finland

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Helsinki

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

82.3years

Ranks 30 of 217 in 2024

10% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

2.4per 1,000 live births

Ranks 6 of 196 in 2024

84% below world median · 38% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

8per 100,000 live births

Ranks 38 of 194 in 2023

83% below world median · 33% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2023 · 3 years old

2.8% of under-5s

Ranks 4 of 25 in 2023

80% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

10.47% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

65% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.25births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

34% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

98.9% gross

Ranks 70 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

6.38% of GDP

Ranks 16 of 164 in 2022

57% above world median · 42% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

56,149current US$

Ranks 20 of 186 in 2025

6.1× above world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

65,884international $

Ranks 25 of 185 in 2025

2.3× above world median · 29% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.2% of population

Ranks 11 of 57 in 2023

78% below world median · 50% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

27.4index, 0–100

Ranks 10 of 57 in 2023

19% below world median · 12% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

9.5% of labour force

Ranks 147 of 182 in 2025

86% above world median · 70% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.3% per year

Not ranked — no better end

89% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.30% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

45% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

99.6% of population

Ranks 22 of 148 in 2024

23% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

93.7% of population

Ranks 37 of 182 in 2024

14% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

5.54t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.2× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

5.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

14% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Finland has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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