500,000

Letters received by Santa every year

Source: Posti

2010

The year National Failure Day was introduced

#1

Cleanest air in Europe

Source: Environmental Performance Index

2,077

people in Finland speak Sámi as their mother tongue

Source: Statistics Finland

292 votes

Amount of votes Finland got when winning the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest

1,160 km (720.8 miles)

The length of Finland, north to south

#2

Innovator in cleantech

Source: Global Cleantech Innovation Index

200,000

Number of reindeer currently kept as pets

Source: Lapland Above Ordinary