Saunas Per Capita: Which Country Has the Most Saunas Per Person?
We counted every sauna in the GoToSauna directory and divided by population. Finland lists ~12× the European average; Iceland is the surprise #2; and the World Cup's biggest football nations sit near the bottom. The full ranking, with our methodology.
Finland is famous for sauna. But how famous — in hard numbers? We counted every published sauna in the GoToSauna directory and divided by national population to find the most sauna-dense countries in Europe. The headline: Finland lists 10.1 saunas for every 100,000 people — roughly 12 times the European average, and more than three times its closest rival, Sweden.
Below is the full ranking, the surprises hiding in it, and — because we think a data study should show its work — exactly how we counted and what the numbers do not mean.
The ranking: saunas per 100,000 people
| Rank | Country | Saunas listed | Population (approx.) | Saunas per 100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 564 | 5.6 M | 10.07 |
| 2 | Iceland | 33 | 0.39 M | 8.46 |
| 3 | Sweden | 312 | 10.6 M | 2.94 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 256 | 8.8 M | 2.91 |
| 5 | Latvia | 52 | 1.85 M | 2.81 |
| 6 | Estonia | 35 | 1.37 M | 2.56 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 97 | 5.4 M | 1.80 |
| 8 | Austria | 155 | 9.1 M | 1.70 |
| 9 | Norway | 87 | 5.5 M | 1.58 |
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