19,258m³ / person / yra 27 m cube · ≈7.7 Olympic pools
Sweden
16,306m³ / person / yra 25 m cube · ≈6.5 Olympic pools
Every person in has
1.2×
the water of one in
Average Rainfall
mm / year
Sweden
624mm / yr
Finland
536mm / yr
gets
1.2×
the rain of
Longest River
km, total length
Sweden
Klarälven–Göta älv
720km
Finland
Kemijoki
550km
The Klarälven–Göta älv runs
1.3×
the length of the Kemijoki
Largest Lake
and lake count
Finland
Lake Saimaa≈187,888 lakes
Sweden
Vänern (largest in the EU)≈95,700 lakes
The verdict
freshwaterSweden
water per personFinland
rainfallSweden
2—1
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Finland vs Sweden — Water & Rivers
Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full
comparison — World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.