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/atp/2012/01/atp_2012_01_2012-05-16_tie_001_en.html According to the Job Vacancy Survey of Statistics Finland, there were 72,600 open job vacancies in the first quarter of 2012, which is 23 per cent more than one year earlier (59,000). The measurement for the first quarter was taken on 1 March. Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/atp/2012/01/atp_2012_01_2012-05-16_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2012/03/ktkk_2012_03_2012-05-15_tie_001_en.html Seasonally adjusted output fell by 0.6 per cent in March from the month before. Adjusted for working days, output went up by 2.4 per cent from the level of the previous years corresponding month. March 2012 had one working day less than the corresponding month of the previous year. According to the original series, output grew by 1.9 per cent from March 2011. According to revised data, working-day adjusted output grew in February by 3.3 per cent (previously 3.5 per cent) from February 2011. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2012/03/ktkk_2012_03_2012-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2012/03/ktps_2012_03_2012-05-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 6.2 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 5.7 per cent year-on-year. In the January to March period one year ago, the wages and salaries sum grew by 4.9 per cent. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2012/03/ktps_2012_03_2012-05-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/2012/04/khi_2012_04_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html The year-on-year change in consumer prices, i.e. inflation, calculated by Statistics Finland accelerated slightly, for in April it stood at 3.1 per cent. In March it stood at 2.9 per cent. The slight acceleration of inflation was primarily due to the rise in vehicle tax. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/2012/04/khi_2012_04_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2012/03/klv_2012_03_2012-05-14_tie_002_en.html According to Statistics Finland, retail trade sales increased by 9.0 per cent in March from March 2011. Over the same time period, the volume of retail trade sales grew by 5.3 per cent. In daily consumer goods trade, sales grew by 9.8 per cent and in department store trade by 9.0 per cent. Wholesale trade sales went up by 2.4 per cent. In total trade, sales increased by 10.8 per cent in March. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2012/03/klv_2012_03_2012-05-14_tie_002_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2012/02/tlv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, in the December to February period turnover in manufacturing was 4.1 per cent up on the corresponding period of the year before. In the latest examination period, domestic sales grew by 5.5 per cent and export turnover by 3.1 per cent from one year ago. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2012/02/tlv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/plv/2012/02/plv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html Turnover in service industries grew by 6.7 per cent in December to February from the corresponding time period of the year before. One year previously turnover in service industries grew by 9.0 per cent. Services are here examined exclusive of trade and the data have been adjusted for working days by eliminating the effects of calendar variations from them. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/plv/2012/02/plv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2012/02/rlv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html The turnover of construction enterprises grew by 15.3 per cent in the December to February period when compared with the corresponding three-month period of the year before. In December-February, turnover increased by 15.8 per cent in building construction, 15.1 per cent in specialised construction and 14.4 per cent in civil engineering from twelve months back. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2012/02/rlv_2012_02_2012-05-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2012/04/rki_2012_04_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html Building costs were 2.6 per cent higher in April 2012 than in April 2011. Labour costs in construction rose by 1.8 per cent, prices of materials by 2.1 per cent and prices of other inputs by 7.4 per cent per year. This is indicated by the Building Cost Index of Statistics Finland 2010=100. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2012/04/rki_2012_04_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/lkor/2011/lkor_2011_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html In 2011, the value of sales charged on domestic credit cards amounted to EUR 8.3 billion in Finland. The sales increased by 5 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 4 per cent to EUR 1.3 billion. This is indicated by Statistics Finlands statistics on credit cards. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/lkor/2011/lkor_2011_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2010/kotal_2010_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, current expenditure on the regular education system increased by 4.0 per cent in 2010 compared with the previous year. Current expenditure on the regular education system totalled EUR 11.5 billion in 2010. 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 4.1 billion in 2010. The next biggest proportions were university education and research, on which EUR 2.2 billion was expended, and vocational education on which EUR 1.6 billion was spent. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2010/kotal_2010_2012-05-11_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2012/03/ttvi_2012_03_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, output of total industries adjusted for working days was 5.7 per cent lower in March 2012 than twelve months earlier. In the early part of the year, industrial output fell by nearly 5 per cent year-on-year. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2012/03/ttvi_2012_03_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2012/03/teul_2012_03_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the value of new orders in manufacturing was 11.8 per cent lower in March 2012 than twelve months earlier. In the first quarter of the year, new orders in manufacturing declined by 5.0 per cent from twelve months back. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2012/03/teul_2012_03_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kans/2011/kans_2011_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, Finnish citizenship was granted in 2011 to 4,550 foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland. The number is 200 higher than in 2010. Ninety-three per cent of those having been granted Finnish citizenship retained their former citizenship. Of the persons receiving Finnish citizenship, 2,650 were women and 1,900 men. Among the persons having been granted Finnish citizenship, 1,000 were aged 14 or under and 100 were aged 65 or over. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kans/2011/kans_2011_2012-05-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2012/02/ktkk_2012_02_2012-05-08_tie_001_en.html Seasonally adjusted output grew by 0.7 per cent in February from the month before. Adjusted for working days, output went up by 3.5 per cent from the previous year's corresponding month. February 2012 had one working day more than one year before. According to revised data, working-day adjusted output grew in January by 3.5 per cent (previously 4.1 per cent) from January 2011. Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2012/02/ktkk_2012_02_2012-05-08_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2012/04/merek_2012_04_2012-05-07_tie_001_en.html In April 2012 a total of 12,511 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 4,602 were automobiles. First registrations decreased by 44.6 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In April the number of new passenger cars registered was 4,052, which was 64.5 per cent down from the year before. The decrease of new registered cars was due to automobile taxes which changed 1.4.2012. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 40.9 per cent. 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. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2012/04/merek_2012_04_2012-05-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/asvu/2012/01/asvu_2012_01_2012-05-04_tie_001_en.html During the first quarter of 2012, the year-on-year increase in rents was 3.3 per cent. The rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 3.2 per cent in the whole country. In the Greater Helsinki Area the rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by 2.3 per cent and in the rest of Finland by 3.7 per cent. The rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 3.4 per cent in the whole country. Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised dwellings increased by an average of 0.9 per cent and the rents of government subsidised dwellings by 1.5 per cent. Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/asvu/2012/01/asvu_2012_01_2012-05-04_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rtp/2011/04/rtp_2011_04_2012-04-30_tie_001_en.html Households net financial assets recovered slightly in the last quarter of 2011. The decline that had gathered increasing strength during the first three quarters of 2011 turned into 2.3 per cent growth towards the end of the year. The situation was eased by the recovery of share prices that started in late 2011 at the same time as households deposits continued to grow. Households debts, in turn, were hiked up by steadily escalating borrowing. Households financial assets were 1.7-fold compared to their debts at the end of 2011. Their net financial assets amounted to EUR 89.9 billion. These data derive from Statistics Finlands financial accounts statistics. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rtp/2011/04/rtp_2011_04_2012-04-30_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2012/03/kivih_2012_03_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, consumption of hard coal decreased by 41 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 1.3 million tonnes, corresponding to 30 petajoules in energy content. Use of hard coal decreased in plants of separate production of electricity, which con-sumed 80 less of it than one year earlier in 2011. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2012/03/kivih_2012_03_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/muutl/2011/muutl_2011_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 29,500 persons immigrated to Finland from foreign countries during 2011. The number is 3,100 higher than in the previous year and the highest during Finlands independence. Emigration from Finland also increased slightly and was 12,650 persons. During 2011, net immigration totalled 16,800 persons, which is 3,100 up on the year before. Net immigration by foreign citizens increased clearly, or by 2,000 persons. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/muutl/2011/muutl_2011_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2012/03/ashi_2012_03_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats and terraced houses went up by 0.2 per cent in the whole country in March compared with the previous month. In Greater Helsinki prices fell by 0.3 per cent, while in the rest of the country prices went up by 0.7 per cent. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2012/03/ashi_2012_03_2012-04-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2012/04/kbar_2012_04_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html Consumers confidence in the economy gained some strength in April. The consumer confidence indicator stood at 10.4 in April, having been 8.0 in March and 8.3 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 1,475 persons resident in Finland were interviewed between 2 and 18 April. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2012/04/kbar_2012_04_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aly/2011/04/aly_2011_04_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the number of enterprise openings decreased by 23 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the respective quarter of the year before. In the third quarter of 2011, the number of enterprise closures was 12.8 per cent higher than in the corresponding quarter of the year before. Examined by industry, the number of enterprise closures was highest in trade, and by region in Uusimaa. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aly/2011/04/aly_2011_04_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khki/2010/khki_2010_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html Besides official data on greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, Statistics Finland now releases for the first time preliminary emission figures by sector for 2011 broken down to emissions within the emissions trading scheme and emissions outside it. In addition, Statistics Finland has estimated for 2010 regional data by municipality according to place of origin on the emissions of the sectors not included in the emissions trading scheme. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khki/2010/khki_2010_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2012/01/tlv_2012_01_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, in the November to January period turnover in manufacturing was 3.5 per cent up on the corresponding period of the year before. In the latest examination period, domestic sales grew by 4.7 per cent and export turnover by 2.6 per cent from one year ago. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2012/01/tlv_2012_01_2012-04-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/auma/2010/auma_2010_2012-04-25_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, retail trade of motor vehicles generated 37.1 per cent and wholesale trade of motor vehicles 36.1 per cent of the almost EUR 14.5 billion turnover from products in the motor vehicle trade in 2010. Inclusive of other retail and wholesale trade, as well as turnover from other activities, the total turnover in the motor vehicle trade amounted to nearly EUR 15.3 billion. The share of retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories was 7.9 per cent while the share of their wholesale trade was 10.9 per cent. Maintenance and repair services generated eight per cent of the turnover of motor vehicle trade products. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/auma/2010/auma_2010_2012-04-25_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ras/2012/02/ras_2012_02_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html In February 2012, building permits were granted for nearly two million cubic metres, which is 34.4 per cent less than one year ago. This is indicated by Statistics Finlands preliminary data from statistics on building and dwelling production. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ras/2012/02/ras_2012_02_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2012/03/thi_2012_03_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products rose by an average of 1.4 per cent from March 2011 to March 2012. Producer prices for manufactured products sold on the domestic market rose by 2.3 per cent, while the producer prices of export industries went up by 0.4 per cent. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2012/03/thi_2012_03_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2012/03/tyti_2012_03_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in March was 227,000, which was 18,000 lower than one year ago. In March 2012, the unemployment rate was 8.5 per cent, having been 9.3 per cent in March of the year before. There were 43,000 more employed persons than in March of the previous year. The unemployment rate in the first quarter (January to March) was 8 per cent, which was 0.6 percentage points lower than in the respective quarter of 2011. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2012/03/tyti_2012_03_2012-04-24_tie_001_en.html