http://www.stat.fi Latest statistical releases from Statistics Finland en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/vamuu/2013/04/vamuu_2013_04_2013-05-23_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, Finland's population at the end of April was 5,432,305. Over the January to April period, Finland's population increased by 5,650 persons, which is 100 persons less than for the corresponding period of the year before. The main reason for the population increase was migration gain from abroad: the number of immigrants was 4,700 higher than that of emigrants. Natural population growth, or excess of births to deaths, was 950 persons. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vamuu/2013/04/vamuu_2013_04_2013-05-23_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ton/2013/04/ton_2013_04_2013-05-23_tie_001_en.html According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, 265 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in April. In them, 19 persons were killed and 317 persons injured. The number of persons killed was four higher and that of persons injured 82 lower than in April 2012. Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ton/2013/04/ton_2013_04_2013-05-23_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tjt/2011/05/tjt_2011_05_2013-05-22_tie_001_en.html Income differentials in Finland are still smaller than the European average even though they grew relatively rapidly by international comparison in the late 1990s. In 2010, the smallest relative income differentials in Europe were found in Norway and Iceland and the largest in Latvia and Bulgaria. In Finland, the average income of the highest-income decile was 5.3-fold that of the lowest-income decile in 2010, while in the countries with the highest income differentials it was more than tenfold. These data derive from the results of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), where Finland's data are based on Statistics Finlands income distribution statistics. Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tjt/2011/05/tjt_2011_05_2013-05-22_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/asas/2012/asas_2012_2013-05-22_tie_001_en.html At the end of 2012, there were a total of 2,580,000 households in Finland, of which a majority (74 per cent) were small, one or two-person households. According to Statistics Finland the number of one-person households increased by 17,000 and that of two-person households by 9,000 from the previous year. The number of larger households with at least three persons decreased from 2011. A household-dwelling unit is formed by all persons living permanently at the same dwelling. Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/asas/2012/asas_2012_2013-05-22_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2013/04/tyti_2013_04_2013-05-21_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in April 2013 was 239,000, which was 13,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 8.8 per cent, having been 8.4 per cent in April of the year before. The number of employed persons was unchanged from April of the previous year. Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2013/04/tyti_2013_04_2013-05-21_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/jate/2011/jate_2011_2013-05-17_tie_001_en.html Waste treatment is going through a powerful period of change. In 2011, 22 per cent more waste was incinerated than in the year before, amounting to over ten million tonnes. Wood residue of manufacturing and other production and municipal waste were used to produce over ten per cent of total energy consumption and over one fifth if black liquor from the forest industry is included. Waste was also recycled more than one year previously. The amount of recycled waste rose by 18 per cent, to nearly 34 million tonnes. In contrast, 19 per cent less waste was placed at landfill sites or long-term deposits than in the year before. Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/jate/2011/jate_2011_2013-05-17_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khki/2012/khki_2012_2013-05-16_tie_001_en.html Preliminary total greenhouse gas emissions in 2012 amounted to 61.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2 eq.). According to preliminary data, total emissions in 2012 decreased by some eight per cent (six million t CO2 eq.) from 2011. The energy sector's emissions diminished by around nine per cent. This was mainly due to reduced consumption of coal and peat and increased net imports of electricity. Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khki/2012/khki_2012_2013-05-16_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/matk/2013/03/matk_2013_03_2013-05-16_tie_001_en.html The number of recorded nights spent by foreign tourists at Finnish accommodation establishments in March 2013 was 467,000, which is 3.7 per cent more than in March 2012. The number of nights spent by resident tourists went down by 1.4 per cent and totalled nearly 1.3 million overnight stays. The total number of nights spent remained on level with the previous year and altogether good 1.7 million overnight stays were recorded at accommodation establishments in March 2013. These figures are preliminary data from Statistics Finlands statistics on accommodation establishments and they have been collected from accommodation establishments with at least 20 beds or caravan pitches with electricity connection, and youth hostels. Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/matk/2013/03/matk_2013_03_2013-05-16_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2013/03/ktkk_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html Seasonally adjusted output grew by 1.0 per cent in March from the month before. Adjusted for working days, output fell by 0.4 per cent from the level of the previous year's corresponding month. March 2013 had two working days less than the corresponding month of the previous year. According to revised data, working-day adjusted output fell in February by 2.8 per cent (previously -2.9 per cent) from February 2012. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2013/03/ktkk_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2013/03/klv_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_002_en.html According to Statistics Finland, retail trade sales went down by 0.4 per cent in March from March 2012. The volume of retail trade sales, from which the impact of prices has been eliminated, contracted by 1.7 per cent over the same period. In daily consumer goods trade, sales grew by 3.2 per cent from the corresponding period of the previous year, while sales in department store trade went down by 2.3 per cent. Wholesale trade sales went down by 4.0 per cent and motor vehicle trade sales by 47.3 per cent from twelve months back. The fall in motor vehicle trade sales was due to the strong growth during the reference period, which anticipated the amendment in the motor vehicle tax legislation. In total trade, sales contracted by 11.7 per cent in March. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2013/03/klv_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_002_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2013/02/tlv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, turnover in manufacturing in the December to February period was 6.7 per cent lower than in the corresponding period of the year before. Domestic sales contracted by 8.4 per cent and export turnover by 5.3 per cent from one year ago. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2013/02/tlv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/plv/2013/02/plv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html Turnover in service industries grew by 1.5 per cent in December to February from the corresponding time period of the year before. One year previously turnover in service industries grew by 6.3 per cent. Services are here examined exclusive of trade. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/plv/2013/02/plv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2013/02/rlv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html Turnover of construction enterprises contracted by 3.8 per cent in December to February from the year before. The turnover of civil engineering fell by 10.6 per cent and that of construction of buildings by 4.6 per cent. The turnover of specialised construction activities decreased by 1.1 per cent. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2013/02/rlv_2013_02_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2013/03/ktps_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 1.1 per cent greater in the past January to March period than in the corresponding period twelve months earlier. In March alone, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy grew by 0.5 per cent year-on-year. In the January to March period one year ago, the wages and salaries sum grew by 5.5 per cent. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2013/03/ktps_2013_03_2013-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kans/2012/kans_2012_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, Finnish citizenship was granted in 2012 to 9,090 foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland. This is the highest figure during Finland's independence and as much as 4,530 higher than in 2011. Ninety-four per cent of those having been granted Finnish citizenship retained their former citizenship. Of the persons receiving Finnish citizenship, 4,970 were women and 4,120 men. Among the persons having been granted Finnish citizenship, 2,510 were aged 14 or under and 170 were aged 65 or over. Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kans/2012/kans_2012_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2013/04/rki_2013_04_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html Building costs were 1.4 per cent higher in April 2013 than in April 2012. The prices of labour inputs in construction went up by one per cent, the prices of materials by 1.6 per cent and those of other inputs by 1.8 per cent from one year ago. This is indicated by Statistics Finland's Building Cost Index 2010=100. Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2013/04/rki_2013_04_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/2013/04/khi_2013_04_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html The year-on-year change in consumer prices, i.e. inflation, calculated by Statistics Finland slowed down to 1.5 per cent in April. In March it stood at 1.7 per cent. Inflation slowed down primarily because the effect of the rise in the vehicle tax a year ago faded and prices of energy lowered. Starting from January, the Consumer Price Index is a chain index, where the commodity basket and weights are updated annually. Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/2013/04/khi_2013_04_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tymm/2011/tymm_2011_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html Environmental protection investments in industry increased from the previous years and amounted to close on EUR 260 million in 2011. Of the sectors of industry, the biggest investors were energy production and the chemical industry. Environmental protection investments were allocated most to air protection and waste management and soil protection. Of all environmental protection expenditure in industry, the biggest part was formed by operating expenditure caused by environmental protection, most of which consists of the operating and maintenance costs of environmental protection equipment. Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tymm/2011/tymm_2011_2013-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2013/03/ttvi_2013_03_2013-05-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, output of total industries adjusted for working days was 0.3 per cent lower in March 2013 than twelve months earlier. In the first quarter of 2013, industrial output adjusted for working days went down by three per cent from one year ago. Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2013/03/ttvi_2013_03_2013-05-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2013/03/teul_2013_03_2013-05-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the value of new orders in manufacturing was 11.3 per cent lower in March 2013 than twelve months earlier. In the January to March period, new orders decreased by 10.0 per cent year-on-year. Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2013/03/teul_2013_03_2013-05-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2011/kotal_2011_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, current expenditure on the regular education system increased by 3.5 per cent in 2011 compared with the previous year. Current expenditure on the regular education system totalled EUR 11.9 billion in 2011. Expenditure on comprehensive school education constitutes the biggest proportion of the current expenditure on the regular education system. Expenditure on comprehensive school education was EUR 4.2 billion in 2011. The next biggest proportions were university education and research, on which EUR 2.3 billion was expended, and vocational education on which EUR 1.7 billion was spent. Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2011/kotal_2011_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kttav/2012/kttav_2012_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html Measured by tonnes, six per cent less goods were transported by lorries in domestic and international transport in 2012 than in the previous year. The volume of tonne-kilometres was five per cent lower. These data derive from the statistics on goods transport by road compiled by Statistics Finland. Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kttav/2012/kttav_2012_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rato/2012/06/rato_2012_06_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html Corrected on 7 May 2013 at 12.00. The correction is indicated in red. Was previously billion. In 2012, the value of sales charged on domestic credit cards amounted to EUR 8.9 billion in Finland. The sales increased by 8 per cent from the previous year. Retail shops accounted for the largest share and service stations for the second largest share of the card sales. Cash withdrawals and bank transfers made on domestic credit cards in Finland fell by good 5 per cent to EUR 1.2 billion. These data derive from Statistics Finlands Financial intermediation statistics. Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rato/2012/06/rato_2012_06_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2013/04/merek_2013_04_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html In April 2013 a total of 18,074 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 10,979 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 44.1 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In April the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,850, which was 142.6 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 36.2 per cent. The increase of new registered cars was due to automobile taxes which changed 1.4.2012. The number of passenger cars first registered in April has been on average approximately 12,000 during the 2000s. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and they have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands. Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2013/04/merek_2013_04_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2013/02/ktkk_2013_02_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html Seasonally adjusted output fell by 0.7 per cent in February from the month before. Adjusted for working days, output fell by 2.9 per cent from the level of the previous year's corresponding month. According to revised data, working-day adjusted output fell in January by 1.2 per cent (previously -2.3 per cent) from January 2012. Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2013/02/ktkk_2013_02_2013-05-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2013/04/kbar_2013_04_2013-04-29_tie_001_en.html The consumer confidence indicator stood at 6.4 in April, having been 10.2 in March and 9.6 in February. This April, confidence in the economy was at a lower level than one year earlier and also weaker than the long-term average. The data are based on Statistics Finland's Consumer Survey for which 1,442 persons resident in Finland were interviewed between 2 and 18 April. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2013/04/kbar_2013_04_2013-04-29_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2013/03/kivih_2013_03_2013-04-29_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, consumption of hard coal increased by 31 per cent in January to March this year from the respective period of last year. Its total consumption as fuel in the generation of electricity and heat amounted to 1.8 million tonnes, corresponding to 45 petajoules in energy content. Use of hard coal increased in plants of separate production of electricity, which consumed 174 per cent more of it than a year earlier in 2012. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2013/03/kivih_2013_03_2013-04-29_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/muutl/2012/muutl_2012_2013-04-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 31,280 persons immigrated to Finland from foreign countries during 2012. The number is 1,800 higher than in the previous year and the highest during Finland's independence. Emigration from Finland also increased slightly and was 13,850 persons. During 2012, net immigration totalled 17,430 persons, which is 610 up on the year before. Net immigration by foreign citizens increased clearly, or by 2,030 persons. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/muutl/2012/muutl_2012_2013-04-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2013/03/ashi_2013_03_2013-04-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats and terraced houses went up by 0.5 per cent in the whole country in March compared with the previous month. In Greater Helsinki, prices rose by 1.3 per cent and in the rest of Finland they remained nearly unchanged. Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, prices rose by 2.2 per cent in the whole country. Prices went up by 4.4 per cent in Greater Helsinki and by 0.4 per cent elsewhere in Finland. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2013/03/ashi_2013_03_2013-04-26_tie_001_en.html