International Rankings of Finland 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Finland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Finland, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	21	33.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	61	1.846 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	12	93.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	92	5.115 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	4.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	121	186000	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	129.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	110	7.150 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	21	4.30 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	84	11.50 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	31	153.635 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	29	140.643 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	0.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	46	1.896 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	24	631.549 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	142	0.85	N/A
Exports	43	128.150 billion US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	46	269.259 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	92	38.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	37	22.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	134	54.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	71	38.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	22.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	124	2.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	76	28.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	64	69.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	117	28 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	7	45.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	7	6.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	41	134.914 billion US Dollars	2022
Industrial production growth rate	119	2.77 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	130	2.19 %	2021
Labor force	113	2.820 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	131	12 %	2019
Public debt	77	61.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	59	274.576 billion US Dollars	2022
Real GDP growth rate	148	2.10 %	2022
Real GDP per capita	28	49400 US Dollars	2022
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	71	16.744 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	87	19.85 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	96	7.53 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	90	17.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	68	19.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	76	18.10 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	48	9.377 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	79	4.882 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	57	27.737 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	63	41.996 million	2019
Coal - consumption	52	3.552 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	40	101000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	37	2.661 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	59	762000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	37	79.356 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	28	6.666 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	9	21.615 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	47	20.418 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	75	2.574 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	8	17.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	144	13.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	78	23.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	11	33.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	24	11.90 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	20	216.571 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	80	2.393 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	47	181.143 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	51	2.569 billion cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	28	232400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	59	207400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	85	8300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	36	166200 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	50	122200 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	42	310600 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	54	46 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	128	4 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	188	5 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	177	8	2018
Land use - arable land	109	7	2018
Land use - forest	11	73	2018
Total renewable water resources	66	110.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	100	500.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	36	2.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	47	1.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	145	0.42	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	31	86	2023
Geography
Area - land	72	303815 sq km	N/A
Area - total	68	338145 sq km	N/A
Area - water	19	34330 sq km	N/A
Coastline	78	1250 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	129	164 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	138	80 sq km	2015
Land boundaries - total	76	2563 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	177	8	2018
Land use - arable land	109	7	2018
Land use - forest	11	73	2018
Population Density	204	18.48 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	24	3 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	33	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	24	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	54	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	38	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	43	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	130	10.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	1	85.50 %	2015
Current health expenditure	26	10 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	77	57 %	2023
Death rate	25	10.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	5	37.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	127	2.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	61	62.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	148	25.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	27	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	85	0.85 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	165	1.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	165	2.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	168	2.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	16	85 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	28	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	20	82 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	114	8.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	28	45 years	N/A
Median age - male	26	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	25	43 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	17	30	2020
Net migration rate	38	2.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	63	22.20 %	2016
Physicians density	14	4.64 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	117	5.615 million	2023
Population growth rate	135	0.22 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	112	1.74 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	145	0.42	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	31	86	2023
Transportation
Airports	56	98	2024
Heliports	52	15	2024
Merchant marine - total	55	282	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	34	957.640 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	41	13.365 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	52	77.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Roadways - total	29	108637 km	2019
Waterways	20	8000 km	2013

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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