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Finland
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
FINLAND VS ERITREA

Compare Finland and Eritrea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Eritrea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Finland Population Pyramid
5,486,152
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.4
72.4
68.8
30
20
25
  
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
1970
66.2
74.4
70.2
34
19
25
  
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
1980
69.2
77.9
73.4
30
10
19
  
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
1990
70.9
78.9
74.8
34
14
25
  
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
2000
74.0
80.9
77.5
29
15
23
  
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
2010
76.6
83.1
79.9
26
15
24
  
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
2019
79.2
84.0
81.6
25
17
22
  
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.2
84.0
25
17
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age
79.2
84.0
25
17
61.3
67.1
159
151
Age 5
79.4
84.2
26
19
64.2
69.5
171
162
Age 10
79.4
84.2
26
19
64.4
69.7
170
166
Age 15
79.4
84.3
27
19
64.7
69.9
170
167
Age 20
79.5
84.3
27
18
65.1
70.1
170
167
Age 25
79.7
84.4
27
19
65.7
70.5
170
168
Age 30
80.0
84.5
27
18
66.3
70.9
170
169
Age 35
80.2
84.6
27
17
67.0
71.4
171
169
Age 40
80.4
84.7
27
16
67.9
72.1
172
169
Age 45
80.7
84.9
28
16
69.0
72.9
173
173
Age 50
81.1
85.1
26
17
70.4
74.0
173
173
Age 55
81.6
85.4
27
18
72.1
75.3
173
173
Age 60
82.4
85.8
28
21
74.1
76.8
174
174
Age 65
83.4
86.4
26
20
76.6
78.6
173
173
Age 70
84.7
87.2
29
22
79.3
80.7
173
173
Age 75
86.3
88.1
32
24
82.3
83.2
170
171
Age 80
88.2
89.5
35
26
85.5
86.2
164
165
Age 85
90.6
91.2
48
45
89.1
89.5
162
167
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
58.60
152
119.40
80
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
54.65
1
20.70
39
3. Stroke
24.54
157
139.66
28
4. Lung Cancers
17.24
71
3.27
154
5. Prostate Cancer
14.53
107
6.95
146
6. Breast Cancer
14.52
123
28.19
15
7. Suicide
13.43
38
17.26
21
8. Liver Disease
11.51
117
61.76
5
9. Hypertension
11.23
123
52.22
13
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.24
73
5.79
136
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.12
8
1.05
166
12. Lung Disease
8.59
173
36.46
34
13. Falls
8.17
47
8.77
36
14. Lymphomas
5.82
51
6.91
19
15. Alcohol
5.17
17
2.33
52
16. Ovary Cancer
5.00
67
7.50
10
17. Parkinson's Disease
4.84
56
4.91
52
18. Inflammatory/Heart
4.58
94
5.74
71
19. Drug Use
4.52
10
1.45
70
20. Other Injuries
4.29
143
21.49
6
21. Liver Cancer
4.01
131
3.56
151
22. Diabetes Mellitus
3.51
179
51.06
37
23. Stomach Cancer
3.37
142
2.50
170
24. Congenital Anomalies
3.26
151
6.40
71
25. Road Traffic Accidents
3.09
168
54.13
5
26. Uterin Cancer
2.84
70
1.73
126
27. Influenza and Pneumonia
2.80
183
152.35
5
28. Leukemia
2.76
132
6.26
4
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.50
91
4.30
43
30. Endocrine Disorders
2.38
132
3.00
111
31. Other Neoplasms
2.26
48
0.32
133
32. Skin Cancers
2.23
68
1.58
112
33. Kidney Disease
2.05
183
30.38
57
34. Bladder Cancer
1.97
97
2.26
78
35. Oral Cancer
1.72
147
3.62
63
36. Drownings
1.20
138
3.38
64
37. Cervical Cancer
1.19
183
12.74
69
38. Epilepsy
1.19
122
3.11
27
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.15
147
7.36
28
40. Violence
1.06
153
13.64
33
41. Low Birth Weight
0.74
174
6.60
69
42. Multiple Sclerosis
0.72
21
0.19
95
43. Fires
0.69
126
5.00
10
44. Schizophrenia
0.65
5
0.00
95
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
44
0.66
28
46. Asthma
0.48
164
16.35
34
47. Poisonings
0.26
132
4.38
6
48. Birth Trauma
0.21
177
7.37
46
49. Tuberculosis
0.17
166
21.74
50
50. Skin Disease
0.17
170
2.17
55
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,120
23.00
310
1.22
2. Coronary Heart Disease
9,831
20.33
2,154
8.48
3. Stroke
4,115
8.51
2,564
10.09
4. Lung Cancers
2,312
4.78
62
0.24
5. Hypertension
2,030
4.20
926
3.64
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,433
2.96
113
0.44
7. Falls
1,325
2.74
168
0.66
8. Lung Disease
1,289
2.67
662
2.61
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,247
2.58
20
0.08
10. Liver Disease
1,068
2.21
1,215
4.78
11. Prostate Cancer
970
2.01
54
0.21
12. Breast Cancer
948
1.96
311
1.22
13. Parkinson's Disease
853
1.76
85
0.33
14. Lymphomas
851
1.76
147
0.58
15. Suicide
846
1.75
382
1.50
16. Liver Cancer
545
1.13
69
0.27
17. Inflammatory/Heart
518
1.07
123
0.48
18. Alcohol
464
0.96
45
0.18
19. Stomach Cancer
447
0.92
48
0.19
20. Other Injuries
437
0.90
540
2.13
21. Influenza and Pneumonia
436
0.90
3,277
12.90
22. Diabetes Mellitus
418
0.86
944
3.71
23. Other Neoplasms
377
0.78
6
0.02
24. Leukemia
371
0.77
144
0.57
25. Ovary Cancer
344
0.71
79
0.31
26. Kidney Disease
342
0.71
578
2.27
27. Oesophagus Cancer
320
0.66
81
0.32
28. Bladder Cancer
308
0.64
42
0.17
29. Skin Cancers
297
0.61
30
0.12
30. Drug Use
269
0.56
36
0.14
31. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.53
71
0.28
32. Uterin Cancer
225
0.47
18
0.07
33. Road Traffic Accidents
215
0.44
1,326
5.22
34. Oral Cancer
207
0.43
71
0.28
35. Congenital Anomalies
192
0.40
432
1.70
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
151
0.31
147
0.58
37. Drownings
106
0.22
118
0.46
38. Epilepsy
104
0.22
81
0.32
39. Schizophrenia
93
0.19
0
0.00
40. Asthma
85
0.18
326
1.28
41. Rheumatoid Arthritis
83
0.17
12
0.05
42. Multiple Sclerosis
80
0.17
4
0.02
43. Violence
64
0.13
384
1.51
44. Cervical Cancer
62
0.13
132
0.52
45. Fires
62
0.13
132
0.52
46. Tuberculosis
32
0.07
543
2.14
47. Skin Disease
27
0.06
45
0.18
48. Low Birth Weight
26
0.05
531
2.09
49. Poisonings
25
0.05
114
0.45
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.04
77
0.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Eritrea ERITREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
17.24
71
3.27
154
2. Prostate Cancer
14.53
107
6.95
146
3. Breast Cancer
14.52
123
28.19
15
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.24
73
5.79
136
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.12
8
1.05
166
6. Lymphomas
5.82
51
6.91
19
7. Ovary Cancer
5.00
67
7.50
10
8. Liver Cancer
4.01
131
3.56
151
9. Stomach Cancer
3.37
142
2.50
170
10. Uterin Cancer
2.84
70
1.73
126
11. Leukemia
2.76
132
6.26
4
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.50
91
4.30
43
13. Skin Cancers
2.23
68
1.58
112
14. Bladder Cancer
1.97
97
2.26
78
15. Oral Cancer
1.72
147
3.62
63
16. Cervical Cancer
1.19
183
12.74
69
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.