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Finland
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Korea, South
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Geography
Area (km²)338,14599,720
ContinentEuropeAsia
Land area (km²)303,81596,920
Water area (km²)34,3302,800
Land boundaries (km)2,563237
Border countries
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • North Korea
Coastline (km)1,2502,413
Mean elevation (m)164282
Lowest point (m)00
Highest point (m)1,3281,950
People
Population5,571,66551,835,110
Official languages
  • Finnish
  • Swedish
Array of values
ReligionLutheranProtestant
Government
Long country nameRepublic of FinlandRepublic of Korea
Short country nameFinlandSouth Korea
Long local nameSuomen tasavalta/Republiken FinlandTaehan-min'guk
Short local nameSuomi/FinlandHan'guk
Government typeParliamentary republicPresidential republic
CapitalHelsinkiSeoul
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)244,900,000,0002,035,000,000,000
1GDP (OER) (USD)252,800,000,0001,540,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)2.83.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)44,50039,500
Gross national saving (% of GDP)23.336.6
Labor force2,473,00027,750,000
Unemployment rate (%)8.53.7
Population below poverty line (%)-14.4
Budget revenues (USD)134,200,000,000357,100,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)135,600,000,000335,800,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.292.62
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)53.123.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-0.61.4
Public debt (% of GDP)61.339.5
Inflation rate (%)0.81.9
Central bank discount rate (%)1.251.5
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)1.613.48
Stock of narrow money (USD)152,600,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)152,600,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)323,900,000,0002,986,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)231,000,000,0001,305,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)1,806,000,00078,460,000,000
Exports (USD)67,730,000,000577,400,000,000
Imports (USD)65,260,000,000457,500,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)10,510,000,000389,200,000,000
External debt (USD)150,600,000,000384,600,000,000
National currencyeurosSouth Korean won
National currency (code)EURKRW
National currency (symbol)
National currency rate to USD0.8851



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