Finland
Republic of Finland
- Capital
- Helsinki
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 5.6 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 338,424 km²
Across Finland's 39 priced cities, one person needs about $1,853 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $2,927.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
70out of 100
- Purchasing power25%75
- Safety20%74
- Health care15%78
- Climate10%56
- Air quality10%100
- Connectivity10%67
- Cost10%31
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #8
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
65.9
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
18.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
166.9
New York = 100
One person
$1,853
A month, rent included
Net salary
$2,927
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$868
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$56,149
2025
Growth
+0.2%
2025
Unemployment
9.5%
2025
Inflation
0.3%
2025
Life expectancy
82.3 years
2024
Internet users
94%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 52%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 8.4%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 25.5%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 10.2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 20.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 33%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 73.7
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 26.3
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.0
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #50 worldwide
- 169
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #41 worldwide
- 117
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +14%
Cities in Finland
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Hameenlinna | 69 | 59.6 | $696 | $5,055 | 363.2 | 68.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 2Helsinki | 68 | 73.0 | $1,264 | $3,263 | 158.0 | 658.9K | High confidence, 127 contributors |
| 3Espoo | 68 | 72.6 | $1,109 | $3,371 | 175.2 | 323.9K | High confidence, 37 contributors |
| 4Turku | 68 | 67.6 | $842 | $2,757 | 169.8 | 206.7K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 5Lapua | 68 | 67.7 | — | $4,936 | 312.8 | 14K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 6Hanko | 68 | 65.0 | — | $4,592 | 297.9 | 10K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 7Joensuu | 68 | 62.2 | $761 | $4,190 | 282.6 | 78.4K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 8Rovaniemi | 68 | 60.8 | $717 | $3,846 | 269.5 | 65.7K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 9Tampere | 67 | 65.9 | $994 | $2,865 | 165.1 | 260.6K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 10Pori | 67 | 65.3 | $660 | $3,516 | 245.1 | 83.2K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 11Vaasa | 67 | 64.8 | $751 | $3,673 | 243.6 | 69.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 12Lohja | 67 | 59.1 | — | $3,450 | 235.6 | 45.7K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 13Kotka | 66 | 60.0 | $712 | $3,183 | 225.5 | 50.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 14Seinajoki | 66 | 60.9 | $689 | $2,927 | 208.8 | 66.8K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 15Lahti | 66 | 63.4 | $703 | $2,583 | 178.3 | 121.6K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 16East Helsinki | 65 | — | — | — | — | 170.6K | Low confidence |
| 17Rauma | 65 | 65.7 | $574 | $2,640 | 193.4 | 38.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 18Salo | 65 | 63.8 | $643 | $2,640 | 188.5 | 50.8K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 19Jyvaskyla | 65 | 65.6 | $868 | $2,996 | 184.8 | 148.7K | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 20Lappeenranta | 65 | 60.1 | $807 | $2,920 | 195.1 | 72.9K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 21Hyvinkaa | 64 | 61.9 | $746 | $2,640 | 180.2 | 43.5K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 22Oulu | 64 | 66.2 | $796 | $2,571 | 164.1 | 216.1K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 23Kuopio | 64 | 62.5 | $823 | $2,572 | 166.9 | 125.5K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 24Kajaani | 64 | 61.0 | $574 | $2,066 | 158.5 | 36.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 25Vantaa | 63 | 63.9 | $1,084 | $2,754 | 154.0 | 252.7K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 26Riihimaki | 63 | 62.6 | $631 | $2,124 | 154.4 | 28.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 27Savonlinna | 62 | 62.6 | $551 | $1,779 | 136.4 | 31.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 28Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) | 62 | 63.4 | — | $2,296 | 150.9 | 19.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Kouvola | 61 | — | $482 | — | — | 78.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 30Jarvenpaa | 61 | 68.1 | $1,052 | $2,812 | 155.0 | 46.9K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 31Imatra | 59 | 59.1 | — | — | — | 24.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 32Mikkeli | 59 | 63.2 | — | — | — | 51.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 33Kokkola | 59 | 63.7 | — | — | — | 48.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 34Kirkkonummi | 59 | 64.8 | — | — | — | 41.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 35Iisalmi | 58 | 66.4 | — | — | — | 20.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 36Tuusula | 58 | 66.9 | — | — | — | 42.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Tornio | 58 | 67.7 | — | — | — | 20.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Kerava | 58 | 67.9 | — | — | — | 38.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 39Varkaus | 58 | 70.2 | — | — | — | 19.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 40Naantali | 58 | 66.7 | $870 | — | — | 20.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 41Porvoo | 55 | 64.0 | $786 | $1,148 | 75.1 | 51.9K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |