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Estonia

Finland

The widest gap is Public spending on them: Finland €28,440 against Estonia €12,742, 2.23× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Estonia
Finland

People

Median age0.6 years
42.9 years
43.5 years
Life expectancy at birth2.8 years
79.4 years
82.2 years
People4.11×
1.4m
5.6m
People per square kilometre71.0%
31.8 per km²
18.6 per km²
Women in the population2.1 points
52.6%
50.5%
Born abroad7.8 points
17.8%
10.0%
Born outside the EU8.3 points
15.9%
7.6%

Money and work

Disposable income per person73.5%
€17,146
€29,740
Average net income70.3%
€19,630
€33,430
Take-home pay, average-wage worker67.2%
€22,537
€37,690
Gross pay, average-wage worker85.7%
€29,364
€54,528
In work, age 20 to 645.4 points
81.7%
76.3%
Out of work2.2 points
7.5%
9.7%
Hours worked a week1.5 hours
37.9 hours
36.4 hours
At risk of poverty6.1 points
19.5%
13.4%
Housing costs over 40% of income4.1 points
8.8%
4.7%
GDP per person63.1%
€30,570
€49,850

Family and home

People at home10.5%
2.1
1.9
Households with children6.3 points
27.4%
21.1%
Children per woman5.9%
1.18
1.25
Own their home12.8 points
79.7%
66.9%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds66.7%
413 per 100,000 people
248 per 100,000 people
Doctors3.1%
357 per 100,000 people
368 per 100,000 people
Nurses2.07×
675 per 100,000 people
1,399 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree0.6 points
42.1%
42.7%
Students per 1,000 people87.3%
32.3 per 1,000 people
60.5 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.23×
€12,742
€28,440
Tax raised per person86.4%
€11,178
€20,834
Government debt64.4 points
24.1%
88.5%

Country and infrastructure

Land area7.46×
45,336 km²
338,363 km²
Railway density39.2%
27.2 per 1,000 km²
19.5 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density72.5%
5.4 per 1,000 km²
3.1 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people12.8%
595 per 1,000 people
671 per 1,000 people
Households with internet2.2 points
95.4%
97.6%
Tourist nights per resident16.9%
4.83
4.13

Environment

Renewable energy10.7 points
42.3%
53.0%
Land under forest17.6 points
56.8%
74.4%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Estonia

Finland

Function
Estonia
Finland
9.8%
12.4%
8.5%
2.7%
4.2%
2.3%
10.5%
8.4%
1.6%
0.4%
0.9%
0.9%
14.4%
13.4%
4.4%
2.9%
14.2%
10.8%
31.4%
45.8%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Estonia and Finland

  1. Which covers more ground: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 7.46×: Finland 338,363, Estonia 45,336. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 4.11×: Finland 5.6m, Estonia 1.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 1.2 points: Estonia 1.6%, Finland 0.4%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which government owes more: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 64.4 points: Finland 88.5%, Estonia 24.1%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. Eurostat · Government debt · 2025. See the figure

  5. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 5.8 points: Estonia 8.5%, Finland 2.7%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 4.1 points: Estonia 8.8%, Finland 4.7%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 87.3%: Finland 60.5, Estonia 32.3. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 66.7%: Estonia 413, Finland 248. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where do more households have children: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 6.3 points: Estonia 27.4%, Finland 21.1%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. Eurostat · Households with children · 2025. See the figure

  10. Which has more forest: Estonia or Finland?

    The gap is 17.6 points: Finland 74.4%, Estonia 56.8%. Share of the land area under forest. Eurostat · Land under forest · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.