Belgium vs Finland

Belgium and Finland compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Belgium has about 2.1 times as many people as Finland: 11.9 million against 5.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Belgium ($60,750) is 8% higher than in Finland ($56,149) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Belgium (1%) than in Finland (0.2%), a difference of 0.8 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Belgium (2.5%) than in Finland (0.3%), a difference of 2.2 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Finland (9.5%) than in Belgium (5.9%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Belgium (82.3 years) and Finland (82.3 years) in 2024.
• The population of Finland is older: half of its people are over 42.8 years, against 41.4 years in Belgium in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Belgium (95.8%) than in Finland (93.7%), a difference of 2.1 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Belgium (7.3 tonnes) are 33% higher than in Finland (5.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Finland (74.2%) than in Belgium (22%), a difference of 52.2 percentage points in 2024.