These pages provide information on changes made to the production, data content or releasing of statistics.
Statistics Finland has revised the data collection and publishing of the statistics on Financial markets. In this context, some statistics that were formerly under the Financing and insurance topic were discontinued and integrated as part of the statistics on Financial activities. The statistics on Financial activities contain information on the outstanding credit, credit cards and financial leasing activities of other financial corporations. In 2014, the content of the statistics will be extended to cover financial statements of credit institutions and investment service companies as well.
(06 May 2013)
Statistics Finland has assumed from the Financial Supervision Authority the responsibility for the compilation of statistics on insurance activities. The unit data are derived from the Financial Supervision Authority as administrative data, from which Statistics Finland produces the statistics on Insurance activities starting from the statistical reference year 2012.
(06 May 2013)
The new base year for the index of new orders in manufacturing is 2010. The index of new orders in manufacturing has been re-calculated from the basic data starting from 2010, whereby the point figures and change percentages for the years 2011, 2012 and January 2013 change. The years 2005 to 2010 were changed to correspond to the base year 2010=100.
(10 Apr 2013)
Starting from data concerning January 2013, the base year 2010=100 will be introduced in the statistics on turnover in service industries. Data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 15 April 2013.
(05 Apr 2013)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of Quarterly statistics on the finances of municipalities. Data have been published annually on the statistic's home page and the latest data concern the statistical year 2012. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Starting from the first quarter of 2013, corresponding data on the finances of municipalities and joint municipal authorities will be published in the statistics on quarterly local government finances.
(02 Apr 2013)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on credit cards. Data have been published annually on the statistic's home page and the latest data concern the statistical year 2011. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Data on credit cards concerning the statistical year 2012 will in the future be released as part of the Financial intermediation statistics.
(02 Apr 2013)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on financial leasing. Data have been published annually on the statistic's home page and the latest data concern the statistical year 2011. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Data on financial leasing concerning the statistical year 2012 will in the future be released as part of the Financial intermediation statistics.
(02 Apr 2013)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on local government financial statement estimates. Data have been published annually on the statistic's home page and the latest data concern the statistical year 2012. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Starting from the statistical year 2013, corresponding data on the financial statements of municipalities and joint municipal authorities will be published in the statistics on quarterly local government finances.
(02 Apr 2013)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on credit stock. Data have been published quarterly on the statistic's home page and the latest data concern the last quarter of 2012. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Data on on the credit stock of other financial intermediaries concerning the the first quarter of 2013 will in the future be released as part of the Financial intermediation statistics.
(02 Apr 2013)
Consumption of hard coal data (StatFin online service) are updated year 2000 to revised annual data with the new data source due.
(25 Mar 2013)
From the statistical reference year 2011 onwards, the income distribution statistics will start to use households' disposable money income as the main concept in their basic releases. The new income concept corresponds better with international recommendations and practices. It does not include imputed income items, of which the main one is imputed income from owner-occupied dwellings. The new income concept does not either include sales profits (taxable realized capital gains). During the transition period, data are also released with income concepts that include income from owner-occupied dwellings and realized capital gains. (20.3.2013)
(20 Mar 2013)
Starting from data concerning January 2013, the base year 2010=100 will be introduced in the turnover of industry. Data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 15 April 2013.
(18 Mar 2013)
Starting from data concerning January 2013, the base year 2010=100 will be introduced in the turnover of construction. Data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 12 April 2013.
(18 Mar 2013)
The new base year of the Volume Index of Industrial Output is 2010. The Volume Index of Industrial Output has been re-calculated from the basic data starting from 2011, whereby the point figures and change percentages for the years 2011 and 2012 change. The years 1995 to 2010 were changed to correspond to the base year 2010=100.
(08 Mar 2013)
The weight structure used in the annual statistics on rents of dwellings has been revised. In addition, instead of fixed price thresholds, distribution-based price thresholds are used. The calculation has been revised so that, when previously standardisation for quality was utilised in calculating changes in rents, now the annual change in rents is calculated based on the average rents for two successive years. The revised annual statistics has been calculated retrospectively also for the year 2011. A more detailed explanation concerning the changes is found in the quality description of the statistics.
(08 Mar 2013)
The statistics on new orders in manufacturing will utilise the base year 2010=100 starting from the data concerning February 2013. The data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 10 April 2013.
(08 Mar 2013)
Starting from data concerning January 2013, the base year 2010=100 will be introduced in the turnover of trade. Data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 14 March 2013.
(04 Mar 2013)
Starting from data concerning January 2013, the base year 2010=100 will be introduced in wage and salary indices. Data will be released for the first time with the new base year on 13 March 2013.
(04 Mar 2013)
The weight structures of Producer Price Indices have been revised due to structural changes in the electrical and electronics industry. The revised weight structures are used from the January 2013 data. Year 2010 will remain as the base year.
(25 Feb 2013)
Modifications will be made to the calculation system, for which reason data according to the new base year will not be completed by 8 March 2013. The statistics will be released as normal on 8 March, but the base year is 2005.
(20 Feb 2013)
The sampling method and production system of the Job Vacancy Survey are being renewed. Data based on the new method will be released on 7 June 2013. More detailed information on the changes will be published on the internet pages of job vacancies http://www.stat.fi/til/atp/laa.html (only in Finnish).
(14 Feb 2013)
A historical time series table has been added to the database tables of National Accounts, Historical series: National Accounts 18602011. The table includes time series of National Accounts on the Finnish economy since 1860. For the time being, the table contains time series on Finland's GDP and population. The data content will be widened later.
(08 Feb 2013)
Two historical time series tables have been added to the Quarterly national accounts database tables.
(04 Feb 2013)
The statistics on real estate prices will be supplemented in connection with the release on the first quarter of 2013 (release on 7 June 2013) with an index describing the price development of new detached houses. The name and other content of the statistics remain unchanged.
(29 Jan 2013)
The statistics on prices of dwellings will be renamed as Prices of dwellings in housing companies. The new name will enter into force in connection with the release of the data for January 2013 on 28 February 2013. The content of the statistics remains unchanged. The new name aims at better describing the content of the statistics.
(29 Jan 2013)
Consumption of hard coal data (StatFin online service) are updated year 2000 to revised annual data with the new data source due.
(28 Jan 2013)
The compilation of the Consumer Price Index will be reviewed starting from the Index for January 2013 so that the Index becomes an annual chain-linked index.
(18 Jan 2013)
(31 Dec 2012)
Statistics Finland starts to release new statistics on energy consumption in households, which describe the annual amount and structure of energy consumption related to housing. The statistics cover the consumption of heating energy in residential buildings and the energy consumed by household appliances. The first publication on 16 November 2012 contains data on the statistical reference years 2008 to 2011.
(13 Nov 2012)
(07 Nov 2012)
The new base year for the Index of Wage and Salary Earnings as well as the Index of Regular Earnings is 2010, indicated by 100 in the revised indices. The most recent indices have been calculated for the first time with 2010 as the base year in the publication concerning the third quarter of 2012. The indices for 2012 are still preliminary.
(15 Oct 2012)
The Index of Wage and Salary Earnings has been published with a revised base year of 2010=100 on 15 October 2012. Due to the revision, related database tables were updated on 22 October 2012.
(15 Oct 2012)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Apple Orchard Statistics are discontinued. No new data will be produced from these statistics.
(10 Oct 2012)
National Institute for Health and Welfares' Preliminary Statistics on Social Assistance will in future be published under the name Expenditure on Social Assistance.
(08 Oct 2012)
A new information system was introduced in the compilation of the Trend Indicator of Output, which enables utilisation of improved calculation methods from before. Data based on the new compilation methods will be released on 9 October 2012.
(05 Oct 2012)
The labor cost index will be published with seasonal adjusted series for labor cost data. Point-figures will be published for the first time on 24.9.2012.
(24 Sep 2012)
Statistics Finland will start publishing quarterly sector accounts that form part of the National Accounts. Sector accounts describe the income and expenditure of institutional sectors. The first publication due on 1 October 2012 will contain data on the second quarter of statistical reference year 2012. The publication will include time series starting from the first quarter of 1999.
(10 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
(07 Sep 2012)
The labor cost index will be published with municipal sector labor cost data. Point-figures will be published for the first time on 7.9.2012.
(06 Sep 2012)
The erroneous data for the statistics on rents of dwellings released on 3 August 2012 concerning the second quarter of 2012 were corrected on 24 August 2012. The errors were caused by that in connection with the data system renewal, a processing rule, with which exceptionally low rents per square metre of dwellings are eliminated from the data of the statistics, did not work as intended. For this reason, the data of the statistics were not comparable with respect to the earlier released quarters.
(24 Aug 2012)
Statistics on tourism concerning 2012 will be compiled in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 692/2011. Due to the Regulation, the population of the accommodation statistics will be extended to smaller accommodation establishments than before. The regulation has no effect on the data collected for the accommodation statistics.
(15 Jun 2012)
National Institute for Health and Welfares' statistics on parturients, deliveries and newborns will in future be published under the name Perinatal statistics - parturients, deliveries and newborns.
(14 Jun 2012)
The labor cost index will be published with government labor cost data. Point-figures will be published for the first time on 8.6.2012.
(08 Jun 2012)
The data content of the statistics on special education in comprehensive schools has been revised starting from the year 2011 due to a reform of the Basic Education Act. Collecting of data on e.g. reasons for special education was discontinued in connection with the revision. See description and concepts of statistics on special education.
(08 Jun 2012)
Starting from the first quarter of 2012, the data from the Job Vacancy Survey will be published according to the 2012 classification of major regions. Previously released regional data are not comparable with data by the new classification of major regions. Regional data from 2010 onwards based on the new classification of major regions can be found in the StatFin table 035. Avoimet työpaikat suuralueen (2012) mukaan (only in Finnish). Detailed information about the classification of major regions is available on the Classifications pages.
(16 May 2012)
Regional household accounts for regional accounts published by Statistics Finland for the years 2000 to 2008 have been updated and combined to the same table as the earlier published figures for 2009. National accounts figures revised in July 2011 caused changes to the levels of regional accounts as well. The changes in the levels were updated to the 2009 figures last year and a corresponding update was now made to the figures for 2000 to 2008. Available is also an earlier time series for the years 1995 to 2008, whose figures can in future be compared roughly with the now updated data.
(16 May 2012)
The Producer price indices for services have been revised and their base years changed to 2010. In connection with the revision, the weight structure of the index has been brought in line with the strucuture of service production. In addition, the service and enterprise samples have been updated.
(24 Apr 2012)
The cost indices of taxi and ambulance transport have been revised. Their weight structures have been updated to correspond with the structure of costs in 2010 and their base year has been changed to 2010. The total indices with base years 2005=100 and 1995=100 will be continued by chaining. The compilation of the indices with base year 2000=100 has been discontinued.
(18 Apr 2012)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of paper publications of statistics on elections. Statistics on data released earlier in paper publications will be produced in Statistics Finland's free PX Web database service.
(27 Mar 2012)
Statistics Finland will release statistics on general government revenue and expenditure by quarter with an extended breakdown of sub-sectors starting from 30 March 2012. The extended breakdown of sub-sectors contains information on the development of the revenue and expenditure of local government, central government and social security funds.
(15 Mar 2012)
At the beginning of 2011, the Labour Force Survey introduced the Classification of Occupations 2010 and discontinued using the Classification of Occupation 1987, on the basis of which socio-economic groups have so far been formed.
(09 Mar 2012)
Social Insurance Institution of Finland' statistics on Disability Benefits Provided by Kela will in future be published under the name Disability benefits and services provided by Kela.
(27 Feb 2012)
Producer price indices have been revised and their base years changed to 2010. In connection with the revision, the weight structures of the statistics have been brought in line with the values of production, imports and exports for the year 2010. In addition, the commodity and enterprise samples have been updated.
(24 Feb 2012)
The Cost index of forest machinery has been revised and at the same time its name has been changed to Cost index of forest machinery and vehicles, which better describes the content of the statistics. The weight structures for forest machines, forest tractors and felling machines, log truck combinations used to transport timber, and wood chippers have been updated to correspond with the structure of costs in 2010. At the same time, the base year of the index has been changed to 2010=100. The total indices with base years 2005=100 and 1990=100 will be continued by chaining. The compilation of the index with 2000 as the base year has been discontinued.
(17 Feb 2012)
The Cost index of road transport of goods has been revised. Its weight structure has been updated to correspond with the structure of costs in 2010 and its base year has been changed to 2010. The total indices by type of transport with base years 2005=100, 1990=100 and 1974=100 will be continued by chaining. The compilation of the index with base year 2000=100 has been discontinued.
(17 Feb 2012)
The received erroneous basic data concerning the third quarter have been corrected for the activity of the electrical and electronics industry (26-27). These revisions have influenced the point figures and change percentages for the third quarter.
(10 Feb 2012)
Statistics Finland will release preliminary annual national accounts data for 2011 on 2 March 2012. In this release sector accounts data for 2011 are based on quarterly national accounts apart from general government. In future, the first preliminary data on sector accounts will be mainly based on quarterly statistics. Publishing of sector accounts by quarter will start in autumn 2012.
(06 Feb 2012)
A new EU Regulation concerning statistics on tourism became valid as of January 2012. This also causes several revisions to the Finnish Travel Survey.
(03 Feb 2012)
The original data for the index of turnover in industry have become revised from the previous release.
(02 Feb 2012)
The statistics on capital stock will be combined as part of National Account on 31 January 2012. The data from the statistics on capital stock can in future be found from the web pages of National Accounts.
(31 Jan 2012)
The statistics on capital stock will be combined as part of National Account on 31 January 2012. The data from the statistics on capital stock can in future be found from the web pages of National Accounts.
(31 Jan 2012)
In early January, Statistics Finland launched its Household Budget Survey 2012,, which is an extensive study of the consumption and cost of living of households in Finland. In the Survey, Statistics Finland will interview by telephone 8,000 households representing all households in Finland.
(19 Jan 2012)
The producer price indices for services' sample will be updated, and the weight structures will be revised to correspond to the structures of services in 2010. In addition, the new base year will be 2010. The first revised 2010=100-indices will be released on 24 April 2012. Since the statistics of the first quarter 2012, the indices will be published on the 24th day of the month following the statistical reference quarter, or on the first working day following it.
(17 Jan 2012)
The statistics on energy consumption were published for the last time on their own home page on 13 December 2011. In future, data from these statistics will be released on the home page of the statistics on energy supply and consumption starting from 2012.
(13 Jan 2012)
The Producer Price Indices' commodity baskets will be updated, and the weight structures will be revised to correspond to the structures of production, imports and exports in 2010. In addition, the new base year will be 2010.
(30 Dec 2011)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of tobacco statistics. The new data for the statistics will in future be released on the web pages of the National Institute for Health and Welfare. The first release was on 12 December 2011 at (in Finnish only): http://www.stakes.fi/FI/tilastot/aiheittain/Paihteet/tupakka.htm
(23 Dec 2011)
Tables concerning the results of the Presidential election 2006 have been added to the database tables on 22 December 2011. The new database tables are available at: tilastokeskus.fi/til/pvaa/tau_en.html
(22 Dec 2011)
The statistics on energy consumption were published for the last time on their own home page on 13 December 2011. In future, data from these statistics will be released on the home page of the statistics on energy supply and consumption starting from 2012.
(13 Dec 2011)
The revised Standard Industrial Classification TOL 2008 and the new product classification CPA 2008 have been adopted in the statistics on input-output. Supply, use and input-output tables in accordance with the new classifications will be released at the accuracy of 64 industries and 64 product groups starting from the statistical reference year 2008.
(08 Dec 2011)
The original data of the index of turnover in industry have become revised from the previous release.
(14 Nov 2011)
Statistics Finland has calculated the final index for 2010. The final annual volume index is calculated from the regional and industrial statistics on manufacturing derived from structural statistics on manufacturing. Changes in gross value at the 3-digit level of the industrial classification have been divided by changes in the producer price index of the industries concerned. In industries containing service products the producer price indices for services were also utilised in volume calculations. The preliminary annual change of the monthly index has been revised with the obtained coefficient. Calculation of the final annual volume index influences the index point figures and change percentages for 2010.
(10 Nov 2011)
Errors have been detected in the statistics on energy supply and consumption which influence the preliminary figures released earlier in 2011 up to January 2010.
(20 Oct 2011)
Due to an error in the statistical production process, the preliminary data for the statistics on Energy supply and consumption concerning the quarters of the years 2010 and 2011 will be revised and published again in the third week of October. The error did not have any significant effect on the volume of total energy consumption, but the revisions may be considerable as concerns individual energy sources.
(30 Sep 2011)
The new Classification of Occupations 2010 will be taken into use in the annual statistics for 2010 in November 2012. At the same time, the data of the statistics in database services and compilation publications will be reclassified according to the Classification of Occupations 2010. After this, occupational data for the employment statistics will no longer be published according to the old Classification of Occupations 2001. Occupational data for previous years will neither be changed in line with the new classification.
(28 Sep 2011)
Starting from 26 August 2011, data are also released monthly on the statistics on prices of dwellings. The data are published one month from the end of the statistical reference month. The base year of the monthly statistics is 2010=100 and the data are published starting from the beginning of 2010.
(24 Aug 2011)
Reasons for revisions to original data:
(10 Aug 2011)
Reversed liability for value added tax was introduced in construction services in Finland in April 2011 (Government proposal 41/2010). The revision causes changes to the periodic tax return data used as the data source data for these statistics starting from the data for April 2011. Efforts have been made to eliminate the impact of the tax reform on turnover indices by revising the rule for the formation of turnover. The data on turnover compiled according to the revised formation rule are as comparable as possible with the previous data on turnover
(14 Jul 2011)
Reversed liability for value added tax in construction services was introduced in April 2011. The revision causes changes to the periodic tax return data used as data sources for these statistics starting from the data for April 2011. Statistics Finland will assess during autumn whether the tax reform requires any change measures in statistics production.
(14 Jul 2011)
Statistics Finland has made revisions to its National Accounts time series for the 1975-2007 period. Further information: /til/vtp/2011/vtp_2011_2011-07-14_men_001_en.html
(14 Jul 2011)
Reversed liability for value added tax in construction services was introduced in April 2011. The revision causes changes to the periodic tax return data used as data sources for these statistics starting from the data for April 2011. Statistics Finland will assess during autumn whether the tax reform requires any change measures in statistics production.
(13 Jul 2011)
The data collection and production processes of domestic and international transport performances for the statistics on goods transport by road have been combined.
(01 Jul 2011)
An error has been detected in the calculation of the Volume Index of Industrial Output, which has an effect on the previously published volume index figures for January to April 2011. The erroneous figures for the early part of the year have now been corrected to the statistical releases and databases and to the data files delivered to customers.
(28 Jun 2011)
As of the beginning of 2011, the responding instructions of the sales inquiry have been clarified so that as a rule the concept of turnover in the sales inquiry conforms with the Bookkeeping Act. However, according to the information obtained in the data collection the new instructions have no significant impact on the produced turnover indices. The turnover calculated from the periodic tax returns, which are the main data source for the turnover indices, does not fully conform with the turnover concept of the Bookkeeping Act because it may contain e.g. sales of fixed assets, other income and extraordinary items. The data may also contain errors arising from e.g. optical reading or data suppliers' mistakes. These errors are corrected with the data that are collected direct.
(21 Jun 2011)
The revised standard industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be adopted in National Accounts. The information system of the accounts and the data contents of the statistics will be revised at the same time. Statistics Finland will release revised national accounts time series on 14 July 2011.
(21 Jun 2011)
The revised standard industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be adopted in National Accounts. The information system of the accounts and the data contents of the statistics will be revised at the same time. Statistics Finland will release revised national accounts time series on 14 July 2011.
(21 Jun 2011)
Statistics on General government EMU debt will in future be published under the name General government debt by quarter. The name of the statistics is changed to make it more explicit and up-to-date.
(01 Jun 2011)
The data of quarterly statistics on rents of dwellings concerning 2010 have been revised. In the updating of the Register of Buildings and Dwellings, around 30,000 government-subsidised rental dwellings had become non-subsidised rental dwellings. The altered structure of the register influenced the number and price level of non-subsidised and government-subsidised rental dwellings. Therefore it also had an effect on the index and year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter changes.
(27 May 2011)
The new Classification of Occupations will be taken into use in the annual statistics of 2010 in September 2011. At the same time the data of the statistics in database services and compilation publications will be reclassified according to the Classification of Occupations 2010. The data for 2010 will also be published in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2001.
(16 May 2011)
The new Classification of Occupations will be taken into use in the annual statistics of 2010 in September 2011. At the same time the data of the statistics in database services and compilation publications will be reclassified according to the Classification of Occupations 2010. The data for 2010 will also be published in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2001.
(16 May 2011)
(10 May 2011)
As of the beginning of 2011, the responding instructions of the sales inquiry have been clarified so that as a rule the concept of turnover in the sales inquiry conforms with the Bookkeeping Act. However, according to the information obtained in the data collection the new instructions have no significant impact on the produced turnover indices. The turnover calculated from the periodic tax returns, which are the main data source for the turnover indices, does not fully conform with the turnover concept of the Bookkeeping Act because it may contain e.g. sales of fixed assets, other income and extraordinary items. The data may also contain errors arising from e.g. optical reading or data suppliers' mistakes. These errors are corrected with the data that are collected direct.
(14 Apr 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Dairy Statistics and Total Milk Production have been incorporated into statistics on Milk and Milkproducts.
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Dairy Statistics and Total Milk Production have been incorporated into statistics on Milk and Milkproducts.
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Slaughterhouse Statistics and Total Meat Production have been incorporated into statistics on Meat Production
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Slaughterhouse Statistics and Total Meat Production have been incorporated into statistics on Meat Production
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistics on Energy supply, consumption and prices will be divided into two separate statistics in connection with the next release. The new statistics are Energy supply and consumption and Energy prices.
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistics on Energy supply, consumption and prices will be divided into two separate statistics in connection with the next release. The new statistics are Energy supply and consumption and Energy prices.
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistics on Energy supply, consumption and prices will be divided into two separate statistics in connection with the next release. The new statistics are Energy supply and consumption and Energy prices.
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Slaughterhouse Statistics and Total Meat Production have been incorporated into statistics on Meat Production
(29 Mar 2011)
Statistical areas of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been combined as of the beginning of 2011. Dairy Statistics and Total Milk Production have been incorporated into statistics on Milk and Milkproducts.
(29 Mar 2011)
Starting from 2011, a database table concerning licences for alterations are published quarterly in the statistics on building and dwelling production. The data are based on the Population Register Centre's building and dwelling data covering all alterations subject to licence. The table can be accessed via the Tables link of the statistics.
(25 Mar 2011)
Starting from the statistical reference year 2010, data describing population census are released in annually produced statistics compiled on the thematic pages on Population census.
(18 Mar 2011)
As of 1 March 2011 the statistics Tourism statistics are called Accommodation statistics.
(01 Mar 2011)
As of the beginning of 2011, the responding instructions of the sales inquiry have been clarified so that as a rule the concept of turnover in the sales inquiry conforms with the Bookkeeping Act. However, according to the information obtained in the data collection the new instructions have no significant impact on the produced turnover indices. The turnover calculated from the periodic tax returns, which are the main data source for the turnover indices, does not fully conform with the turnover concept of the Bookkeeping Act because it may contain e.g. sales of fixed assets, other income and extraordinary items. The data may also contain errors arising from e.g. optical reading or data suppliers' mistakes. These errors are corrected with the data that are collected direct.
(25 Feb 2011)
Monthly data concerning unemployment in the area of the Lapland State Regional Administrative Agency (AVI) will no longer be published from the Labour Force Survey. This is because the monthly sample is not sufficiently large in Lapland for the publishing of reliable data on unemployment. Quarterly and annual data on unemployment in Lapland will continue to be published as before.
(22 Feb 2011)
Contrary to previous information the Building Cost Index will be released with the base year 2005=100 on 17 February 2011. The Building Cost Index will be released with the new base year 2010 latest on 12 April 2011.
(17 Feb 2011)
(10 Feb 2011)
Statistics on General government deficit and gross debt according to EMU criteria will in future be published under the name General government deficit and debt. The name of the statistics is changed to make it more explicit and up-to-date.
(08 Feb 2011)
Statistics on General government deficit and gross debt according to EMU criteria will in future be published under the name General government deficit and debt. The name of the statistics is changed to make it more explicit and up-to-date.
(07 Feb 2011)
The Building Cost Index will be released with the new base year 2010 on 17 February 2011. The contents of the publication will change but the main index series from earlier base years will be continued.
(12 Jan 2011)
As of the third quarter of 2010, Statistics Finland will begin to compile and publish Finland's quarterly financial accounts. The Bank of Finland has previously been responsible for these statistics. Statistics Finland will release quarterly financial accounts data as part of its financial accounts statistics. Prior to this Statistics Finland's financial accounts statistics were only produced annually.
(03 Jan 2011)
The statistical release "Research and development 2009, final report" scheduled for 9 December 2010 has been cancelled because the statistical release "Research and development 2009" published on 28 October 2010 already contained corresponding data.
(01 Dec 2010)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the compilation and publication of statistics on prisoners. The last statistical year is 2008. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics.
(22 Nov 2010)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the compilation and publication of statistics on special courts. The last statistical year is 2008. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page of the statistics.
(22 Nov 2010)
The commodity basket and the weight structure of the Consumer Price Index will be reviewed to correspond with the structure of consumption in 2010. The first revised index, Consumer Price Index 2010=100, will be published for January 2011 on 18 February 2011.
(18 Nov 2010)
(08 Oct 2010)
(08 Oct 2010)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on postal and small freight delivery starting from the statistical year 2009. Key data on the statistics on postal and small freight delivery have been published annually on the home page of the statistics. Old releases will be kept available on the home page of the statistics. Corresponding data are no longer available from Statistics Finland.
(30 Sep 2010)
Preliminary statistics on local government productivity will not appear on the data for 2009. Final data will be released in the early part of 2011.
(09 Sep 2010)
Starting from 10 September 2010, the data content of these statistics on new orders in manufacturing will widen. Publishing of seasonally adjusted, working-day adjusted and trend series will then be started. Adjustment for seasonal variation is made using the TRAMO/SEATS method.
(08 Sep 2010)
The collection of data for the statistics on the finance of housing corporations has been revised so that financial statement data concerning government-subsidised rental units are no longer collected by a separate inquiry. The new statistics released on 24 September 2010 will in future include only data on non-subsidised housing companies and at the same time the name of the statistics is changed to correspond to the revised data content.
(01 Sep 2010)
Data on agricultural wages were published for the last time as a separate release on the home pages of the statistics Private sector hourly wages on 25 May 2009. Data on agricultural wages will be included in the printed publication Private sector wages and salaries in September 2010.
(29 Jun 2010)
In the following the data will be produced by Finnish Customs.
(11 Jun 2010)
In the following the data will be produced by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.
(11 Jun 2010)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of paper publications of statistics on elections. Statistics on data released earlier in paper publications will be produced in Statistics Finland's free PX Web database service.
(10 Jun 2010)
Finnish Forest Research Institute's statistics on Foreign Trade in Roundwood and Forest Industry Products by Country is incorporated into statistics on Foreign Trade in Roundwood and Forest Industry Products as of 2010.
(31 May 2010)
Finnish Forest Research Institute's statistics on Foreign Trade in Roundwood and on Forest Industry Products by Country will be incorporated into statistics on Foreign Trade in Roundwood and Forest Industry Products as of 2010.
(31 May 2010)
Finnish Forest Research Institute's statistics on Roundwood Prices by Region and on Stumpage Price Indexes will be incorporated into statistics on Volumes and Prices in Roundwood Trade as of 2010.
(31 May 2010)
Finnish Forest Research Institute's statistics Roundwood Prices by Region and Stumpage Price Indexes will be incorporated into statistics on Volumes and Prices in Roundwood Trade as of 2010.
(31 May 2010)
Finnish Forest Research Institute's statistics Roundwood Prices by Region and Stumpage Price Indexes will be incorporated into statistics on Volumes and Prices in Roundwood Trade as of 2010.
(31 May 2010)
In May 2010 a new information system will be introduced in quarterly national accounts, which enables utilisation of improved calculation methods from before. Data based on the new calculation methods will be released on 9 June 2010.
(26 May 2010)
The tax account reform that took effect as of the beginning of 2010 causes changes to the contents, supply schedules and coverage of the Tax Administration's data exploited in the compilation of turnover indices. Enterprises themselves will report all their tax payments concerning January 2010 on a single periodic tax return which will replace the tax payment control data used up to now. Because of the revision the new periodic taxation data will include new variables, old variables will be lost and the sources of some data will alter. Some small enterprises are now entitled to extended, quarterly or yearly payment reporting periods. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from EUR 25,001 to EUR 50,000 are entitled to quarterly reporting and enterprises with a turnover of EUR 25,000 or less to annual reporting.
(14 May 2010)
(10 May 2010)
The tax account reform that took effect as of the beginning of 2010 causes changes to the contents, supply schedules and coverage of the Tax Administration's data exploited in the compilation of turnover indices. Enterprises themselves will report all their tax payments concerning January 2010 on a single periodic tax return which will replace the tax payment control data used up to now. Because of the revision the new periodic taxation data will include new variables, old variables will be lost and the sources of some data will alter. Some small enterprises are now entitled to extended, quarterly or yearly payment reporting periods. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from EUR 25,001 to EUR 50,000 are entitled to quarterly reporting and enterprises with a turnover of EUR 25,000 or less to annual reporting.
(28 Apr 2010)
The tax account reform that took effect as of the beginning of 2010 causes changes to the contents, supply schedules and coverage of the Tax Administration's data exploited in the compilation of turnover indices. Enterprises themselves will report all their tax payments concerning January 2010 on a single periodic tax return which will replace the tax payment control data used up to now. Because of the revision the new periodic taxation data will include new variables, old variables will be lost and the sources of some data will alter. Some small enterprises are now entitled to extended, quarterly or yearly payment reporting periods. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from EUR 25,001 to EUR 50,000 are entitled to quarterly reporting and enterprises with a turnover of EUR 25,000 or less to annual reporting.
(15 Apr 2010)
The tax account reform that took effect as of the beginning of 2010 causes changes to the contents, supply schedules and coverage of the Tax Administration's data exploited in the compilation of turnover indices. Enterprises themselves will report all their tax payments concerning January 2010 on a single periodic tax return which will replace the tax payment control data used up to now. Because of the revision the new periodic taxation data will include new variables, old variables will be lost and the sources of some data will alter. Some small enterprises are now entitled to extended, quarterly or yearly payment reporting periods. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from EUR 25,001 to EUR 50,000 are entitled to quarterly reporting and enterprises with a turnover of EUR 25,000 or less to annual reporting.
(15 Apr 2010)
(24 Mar 2010)
The tax account reform that took effect as of the beginning of 2010 causes changes to the contents, supply schedules and coverage of the Tax Administration's data exploited in the compilation of wage and salary indices. Enterprises themselves will report all their tax payments concerning January 2010 on a single periodic tax return which will replace the tax payment control data used up to now. Because of the revision the new periodic taxation data will include new variables, old variables will be lost and the sources of some data will alter. Some small enterprises are now entitled to extended, quarterly or yearly payment reporting periods. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from EUR 25,001 to EUR 50,000, or employers with a turnover of EUR 50,000 or less are entitled to quarterly reporting.
(16 Mar 2010)
Statistical data on building permits and volume index of newbuilding will be transferred into the revised, monthly published statistics on building and dwelling production. The first volume of the new Building and dwelling production publication will come out on 26 March 2010.
(08 Mar 2010)
Statistical data on building permits and volume index of newbuilding will be transferred into the revised, monthly published statistics on building and dwelling production. The first volume of the new Building and dwelling production publication will come out on 26 March 2010.
(08 Mar 2010)
Statistical data on building permits and volume index of newbuilding will be transferred into the revised, monthly published statistics on building and dwelling production. The first volume of the new Building and dwelling production publication will come out on 26 March 2010.
(08 Mar 2010)
The statistics Forest workers' wages were published for the last time on their own home page on 2 October 2009. Starting from the release due on 1 July 2010, data from these statistics will in future be released on the home pages of the statistics Private sector hourly wages.
(17 Feb 2010)
The statistics Forest workers' wages were published for the last time on their own home page on 2 October 2009. Starting from the release due on 1 July 2010, data from these statistics will in future be released on the home pages of the statistics Private sector hourly wages. Data on agricultural wages were published for the last time as a separate release on the home pages of the statistics Private sector hourly wages on 25 May 2009. Data on agricultural wages will respectively be released in connection with the release of the statistics Private sector hourly wages due on 1 July 2010.
(17 Feb 2010)
As of 17 February 2010 the statistics Road traffic accidents are called Statistics on road traffic accidents.
(17 Feb 2010)
Statistics Finland is renewing its publishing activity. This will also affect its printed publications. The separate printed publication of data on the turnover of wholesale and retail trade in the Trade series of Official Statistics of Finland will be discontinued in March 2010. The last issue of the printed version will come out on 15 March 2010 when revised data by industry will be released for December 2009. The pdf version of the publication will also no longer be available on Statistics Finland's website. Releasing of data on the turnover of wholesale and retail trade compiled in accordance with the STS Regulation will be continued on the home page of the statistics.
(12 Feb 2010)
(10 Feb 2010)
The seasonally adjusted and trend series on production and some other economic transactions have become considerably revised for 2008 and 2009 in connection with the release concerning October, which affects the calculated change percentages from the previous month. The reasons for the change are elaborated on in a separate methodological release: http://tilastokeskus.fi/ajk/tiedotteet/2009/tiedote_019_2009-12-08_en.html
(05 Feb 2010)
Revised tables for 2003-2006 will published in connection with the publishing of supply and use and input-output tables for 2006. The tables are based on revised time series of annual national accounts. Revisions have been made to most financial transactions, economic activities and sectors. At the same time, revisions have been made to the product structures in the tables.
(01 Feb 2010)
Statistics Finland has revised its national accounts time series for the 1975-2008 period. The made revisions affect nearly all transactions, industries and sectors. A report of the changes made to the time series can be found in the Methodological descriptions section.
(29 Jan 2010)
(26 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Structure of Livestock Production, Number of Bovine Animals, Number of Pigs and Number of other Livestock Species will be incorporated into new statistics on Number of livestock as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Statistics on Cereal Flows to Market and Statistics on Cereal Usage and Stocks will be incorporated into a new Statistics on cereal purchased, used and stockpiled by industry and trade as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Statistics on Cereal Flows to Market and Statistics on Cereal Usage and Stocks will be incorporated into new statistics on Statistics on cereal purchased, used and stockpiled by industry and trade as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Statistics on Cereal Flows to Market and Statistics on Cereal Usage and Stocks will be incorporated into new Statistics on cereal purchased, used and stockpiled by industry and trade as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Structure of Livestock Production, Number of Bovine Animals, Number of Pigs and Number of other Livestock Species will be incorporated into new statistics on Number of livestock as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Structure of Livestock Production, Number of Bovine Animals, Number of Pigs and Number of other Livestock Species will be incorporated into new statistics on Number of livestock as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Structure of Livestock Production, Number of Bovine Animals, Number of Pigs and Number of other Livestock Species will be incorporated into new statistics on Number of livestock as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics Structure of Livestock Production, Number of Bovine Animals, Number of Pigs and Number of other Livestock Species will be incorporated into new statistics on Number of livestock as of 2010. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2009.
(25 Jan 2010)
The data on rents of office and business premises (6820) have been supplemented since the 4th quarter of 2008, and this influences the overall point figure of the producer price index for services starting from the 4th quarter of 2008. The revision also influences the point figures for the activities of Rents of office premises (6820A), Rents of office and business premises (6820) and Real estate activities (68 and L) starting from the same reference period.
(18 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics on Total Egg Production is incorporated into statistics on Egg Production as of 2010.
(04 Jan 2010)
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's statistics on Total Egg Production is incorporated into statistics on Egg Production as of 2010.
(04 Jan 2010)
As of 4th of January 2010 Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Egg Production Statistics are called statistcs on Egg Production.
(04 Jan 2010)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of paper publications of statistics on elections. Statistics on data released earlier in paper publications will be produced in Statistics Finland's free PxWeb database service.
(30 Dec 2009)
As of the end of 2009, Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on personnel funds. Financial statement data on personnel funds have been published annually on the home page of the statistics. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page.
(30 Dec 2009)
Starting from statistical reference year 2009, Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on regional outstanding credit. Data on the statistics on regional outstanding credit have been published annually on the home page of the statistics. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page. Statistics Finland continues as usual the production and publication of quarterly outstanding credit statistics on domestic lending.
(30 Dec 2009)
As of statistical reference year 2009, Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on the financial statements of mutual funds and investment management companies. Therefore, Statistics Finland will not publish these financial statement data concerning financial year 2009. Data on the statistics on mutual funds have been published annually on the home page of the statistics. Old publications and time series will be kept available on the home page.
(30 Dec 2009)
The seasonal adjustment models used have been revised in connection with the calculation of the indices of turnover for October. The revisions influence the seasonally adjusted and trend series, but not the original or working-day adjusted time series. The change percentages calculated from the original series have thus become only slightly revised, and this is due to new data having become available.
(15 Dec 2009)
The seasonal adjustment models used have been revised in connection with the calculation of the indices of turnover for September. The revisions influence the seasonally adjusted and trend series, but not the original or working-day adjusted time series. The change percentages calculated from the original series have thus become only slightly revised, and this is due to new data having become available.
(15 Dec 2009)
The seasonal adjustment models used have been revised in connection with the calculation of the indices of turnover for September. The revisions influence the seasonally adjusted and trend series, but not the original or working-day adjusted time series. The change percentages calculated from the original series have thus become only slightly revised, and this is due to new data having become available.
(15 Dec 2009)
The seasonal adjustment models used have been revised in connection with the calculation of the indices of turnover for September. The revisions influence the seasonally adjusted and trend series, but not the original or working-day adjusted time series. The change percentages calculated from the original series have thus become only slightly revised, and this is due to new data having become available.
(15 Dec 2009)
The data content of these statistics on new orders in manufacturing will widen starting from 11 December 2009. Publishing of separate series describing the breakdown of new orders between domestic and export orders will then be started at the level of all manufacturing.
(11 Dec 2009)
Calculation of final indices for 2007 and 2008
(10 Dec 2009)
The figures in the PX-Web tables differ slightly from the earlier ones in the appendix tables. This is because of the revision of the statistical data.
(09 Dec 2009)
The data in all time series of quarterly accounts may become revised either because of revisions in the source data or changes in calculation methods. In addition to this, the figures of seasonally adjusted and trend series become revised almost without exception due to new observations even if no changes have taken place in the source data or calculation methods.
(09 Dec 2009)
(10 Nov 2009)
(27 Oct 2009)
Regional accounts of production and employment, indicators of regional economy and regional household accounts will be incorporated into new statistics on Regional accounts as of August 2009. The accounts concerned were published on their own homepages for the last time in 2008.
(20 Aug 2009)
(10 Aug 2009)
Regional accounts of production and employment, Indicators of regional economy and Regional household accounts will be incorporated into new statistics on Regional accounts as of August 2009. The accounts concerned were published on their own homepages for the last time in 2008.
(10 Jul 2009)
Regional accounts of production and employment, Indicators of regional economy and Regional household accounts will be incorporated into new statistics on Regional accounts as of August 2009. The accounts concerned were published on their own homepages for the last time in 2008.
(10 Jul 2009)
Regional accounts of production and employment, Indicators of regional economy and Regional household accounts will be incorporated into new statistics on Regional accounts as of August 2009. The accounts concerned were published on their own homepages for the last time in 2008.
(10 Jul 2009)
(15 Jun 2009)
As from 2008 the statistics on Building stock and the statistics on Free-time residences have been combined into a single set of statistics on Buildings and free-time residences.
(28 May 2009)
As from 2008 the statistics on Building stock and the statistics on Free-time residences have been combined into a single set of statistics on Buildings and free-time residences.
(28 May 2009)
As from 2008 the statistics on Building stock and the statistics on Free-time residences have been combined into a single set of statistics on Buildings and free-time residences.
(28 May 2009)
As from 2008 the statistics on Dwelling stock and the statistics on Household-dwelling units and housing conditions have been combined into a single set of statistics on Dwellings and housing conditions.
(26 May 2009)
As from 2008 the statistics on Dwelling stock and the statistics on Household-dwelling units and housing conditions have been combined into a single set of statistics on Dwellings and housing conditions.
(26 May 2009)
On 25 May 2009, the Advisory Board of Official Statistics of Finland accepted the statistics " Finnish affiliates abroad " into Official Statistics of Finland under the topic of Enterprises.
(25 May 2009)
Year 2005 has been introduced as the base year in statistics on prices of dwellings. The weight structure and the quality standardisation models of the statistics have been updated. The time series has been re-calculated starting from the beginning of 2005. The new time series takes retrospectively into account the changes in municipalities that took place in 2009. Due to improvements in the combination of registers, the number of dwelling transactions in the statistics has increased also retrospectively.
(13 May 2009)
The release of statistics has been rescheduled due to productional reasons. The new release date is 13 May 2009.
(11 May 2009)
(08 May 2009)
Year 2005 has been introduced as the base year in statistics on prices of dwellings. The weight structure and the quality standardisation models of the statistics have been updated. In addition, the classification has also been altered so that the dwellings receiving interest support previously included in non-subsidised rental dwelling have been moved to government-subsidised dwellings and dwellings no longer tied to the conditions on government subsidies have been moved to non-subsidised dwellings. The time series has been re-calculated starting from the beginning of 2005. The new time series takes retrospectively into account changes having taken place in 2009 in the regional division into municipalities.
(07 May 2009)
All but one of the Excel tables in theEuropean Parliament elections 2004 appendix tables section will mainly be replaced with corresponding PX-Web tables. The PX-Web tables can be found in the Tables in databases section of the home page of the statistics. The tables will be replaced starting from May 2009.
(22 Apr 2009)
As from 21 April 2009 the statistics on Shipping Between Finland and Foreign Countries are called Foreign Shipping Traffic.
(21 Apr 2009)
As from 21 April 2009 the statistics on Traffic through the Saimaa Canal and Other Canals in Finland are called Canal Traffic.
(21 Apr 2009)
The revised standard industrial classification TOL 2008 has been adopted in producer prices indices for services. In connection with the introduction of the new classification the weight structure has been updated and the coverage of industries improved in the producer price indices for services. The base year of the index is still 2005.
(17 Apr 2009)
The data in all time series of quarterly accounts may become revised either because of revisions in the source data or changes in calculation methods. In addition to this, the figures of seasonally adjusted and trend series become revised in each quarter even if no changes have taken place in the source data or calculation methods.
(08 Apr 2009)
(06 Apr 2009)
(06 Apr 2009)
(23 Mar 2009)
On 23 March 2009, the Advisory Board of Official Statistics of Finland accepted the statistics "Financial statement statistics on information services " into Official Statistics of Finland under the topic of Enterprises.
(23 Mar 2009)
As from 30 January 2009 the statistics on Profitability in Non-Industrial Private Forestry are called Operating Profit in Non-Industrial Private Forestry.§%£ad§%£
(18 Feb 2009)
(18 Feb 2009)
Producer price indices have been revised and their base years have been changed to 2005. The weight structures of the producer price indices have been revised, the enterprise and commodity samples have been updated and the volume of price data has been increased considerably. The revised standard industrial classification, TOL 2008, was also introduced in connection with the periodic review.
(17 Feb 2009)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(16 Feb 2009)
The Net Price Index was published for the last time 14.01.2009. The production has thus finished with the publication of data from December 2008.
(13 Feb 2009)
The former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been revised and is published under the new name of Trend Indicator of Output. The development work was done during 2008 alongside the calculation of the indicator without breaks in publications. The development project has now ended but some changes can still be expected in 2009. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(09 Feb 2009)
The former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been revised and is published under the new name of Trend Indicator of Output. The development work was done during 2008 alongside the calculation of the indicator without breaks in publications. The development project has now ended but some changes can still be expected in 2009. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(06 Feb 2009)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of our website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(06 Feb 2009)
(30 Jan 2009)
(30 Jan 2009)
The national accounts for 2007 have been revised on 30 January 2009 in the usual manner as new source data have been completed. This time the revisions concerned a smaller than usual part of the data.
(30 Jan 2009)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(30 Jan 2009)
(23 Dec 2008)
The publication of appendix tables in Excel format will be discontinued when the TOL 2008 classification is introduced in the statistics describing wage and salary indices on 20 March 2009. In future, the data of the appendix tables will be available from the StatFin statistical database (in Finnish). The service allows data to be saved in the most commonly used file formats.
(17 Dec 2008)
The publication of appendix tables in Excel format will be discontinued when the TOL 2008 classification is introduced in the statistics describing turnover in industry on 15 April 2009. In future, the data of the appendix tables will be available from the StatFin statistical database (in Finnish). The service allows data to be saved in the most commonly used file formats.
(15 Dec 2008)
The publication of appendix tables in Excel format will be discontinued when the TOL 2008 classification is introduced in the statistics describing turnover in service industries on 15 April 2009. In future, the data of the appendix tables will be available from the StatFin statistical database (in Finnish). The service allows data to be saved in the most commonly used file formats.
(15 Dec 2008)
The publication of appendix tables in Excel format will be discontinued when the TOL 2008 classification is introduced in the statistics describing turnover in construction on 15 April 2009. In future, the data of the appendix tables will be available from the StatFin statistical database (in Finnish). The service allows data to be saved in the most commonly used file formats.
(12 Dec 2008)
The publication of appendix tables in Excel format will be discontinued when the TOL 2008 classification is introduced in the statistics describing turnover in trade on 13 March 2009. In future, the data of the appendix tables will be available from the StatFin statistical database (in Finnish). The service allows data to be saved in the most commonly used file formats.
(12 Dec 2008)
(28 Nov 2008)
A revised Standard Industrial Classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is available on the TOL 2008 website. Detailed information about the TOL 2008 classification, such as its contents and classification principles, is available on the Classifications pages.
(25 Nov 2008)
Starting from the February release, the former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been published as the Trend Indicator of Output. The development work is still ongoing, and the project continues until the end of 2008. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(06 Nov 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of our website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(27 Oct 2008)
Starting from the February release, the former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been published as the Trend Indicator of Output. The development work is still ongoing, and the project continues until the end of 2008. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(08 Oct 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. The Classifications pages of the Metadata section of the website contain more detailed information about TOL 2008, such as its contents and classification principles.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. More detailed information about TOL 2008, including its contents and classification principles is available in the Classifications section of the website.
(26 Sep 2008)
A revised industrial classification, TOL 2008, will be introduced in Finnish statistics in 2009. General information about the transition is given on the TOL 2008 pages of the Statistics section of Statistics Finland's website. More detailed information about TOL 2008, including its contents and classification principles is available in the Classifications section of the website.
(26 Sep 2008)
All but one of the Excel tables in the Municipal elections 2004 appendix tables section will be replaced with corresponding PX-Web tables. The PX-Web tables can be found in the Tables in databases section of the home page of the statistics under the links 2. Municipal elections 2004 - nomination of candidates and 5. Municipal elections 2004 - election results, voting. The tables will be replaced starting from the week beginning with 1 September 2008. The PX-Web tables can be saved also as Excel files.
(29 Aug 2008)
Starting from the February release, the former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been published as the Trend Indicator of Output. The development work is still ongoing, and the project continues until the end of 2008. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(14 Aug 2008)
Starting from the February release, the former Monthly Indicator of Total Output has been published as the Trend Indicator of Output. The development work is still ongoing, and the project continues until the end of 2008. So far the calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of the quarterly accounts output. The calculation of industry-specific data is now primarily based on value data deflated with previous year's average prices. This produces volume figures at previous year's prices, in which the previous year is always the base year. Volume changes at previous year's prices are used to chain a continuous volume series at reference year 2000 prices with the so-called annual overlap method. This series is published as the Trend Indicator of Output. This method corresponds to the deflation and chaining method applied to quarterly accounts output.
(06 Aug 2008)
The value of imports in the supply and use and input-output tables 2000-2005 is smaller than the revised value of imports in national accounts data published in January 2008. Because of the time-consuming process involved in balancing the supply and use tables, no attempt to rebalance the supply and use sides has been made at this stage. Values of imports in supply and use tables and input-output tables will be corrected together with other national accounts revisions. New tables will be published in 2009. Till then the total value of imports in the tables will diverge from the revised value of imports as shown in the table.
(04 Jun 2008)
Statistics Finland will not produce preliminary data on workplaces and industries for the year 2006. The produced preliminary data for the year 2006 comprise data only on persons' main type of activity and occupational status.
(20 May 2008)
(16 May 2008)
Monthly Indicator of Total Output is being revised. In future the statistics will be published as the Trend Indicator of Output. The calculation of the indicator has been harmonised with the calculation methods of quarterly accounts output, and the development work will continue in 2008.
(05 May 2008)
Statistics Finland is in the process of revising its monthly volume index of industrial output so that it will describe output at constant prices. Exploitation of data on the value of industrial activity, deflated with suitable price indices, will be gradually increased in the calculation of the index. Some of the data on value will not become available to Statistics Finland within the time lag of approximately 30 days of the monthly releasing schedule of the index. Because of this there will be more frequent revisions to the data within a year than in the past.
(30 Apr 2008)
(29 Apr 2008)
The data content and data collection method of the Labour Force Survey have been revised as from the beginning of 2008 to comply with the EU Regulation concerning the Labour Force Survey. The data content is extended and the definitions of some concepts are revised.
(19 Feb 2008)
Property taxation was abandoned in Finland in 2006. Because data on property are no longer available, the former Statistics on income and property had to be renamed and are now known as Statistics on taxable incomes. Apart from the data on property, the data contents of the renamed statistics are largely the same as in the former Statistics on income and property.
(19 Feb 2008)
Final data for 2006: Final annual data for 2006 were published in connection with the release of the Volume Index of Industrial Output for December 2007 on 31 January 2008. The sample-based monthly volume index has been revised against the annual volume index that is based on more extensive data. According to the final data for 2006, the output of all manufacturing (TOL CDE) grew by 9.4 per cent from the year before, while the preliminary data put the growth at 7.8 per cent.
(31 Jan 2008)
An error has been detected in the seasonally adjusted, working-day adjusted and trend time series at current prices of the quarterly national accounts published on 5 December 2007. The series at the aggregated level did not sum up from the sub-series as they should have. The series have now been corrected. The correction does not affect other time series published in December or the text of the publication.
(22 Jan 2008)
(28 Dec 2007)
The cost-of-living index and the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices are published for the last time on their own home pages on 14 December 2007. Starting from the publication on 14 January 2008, these statistics will be transferred to the home page of the consumer price index.
(13 Dec 2007)
The cost-of-living index and the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices are published for the last time on their own home pages on 14 December 2007. Starting from the publication on 14 January 2008, these statistics will be transferred to the home page of the consumer price index.
(13 Dec 2007)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of agricultural enterprise and income statistics in 2007. Corresponding data as from the reference year 2005 can be found in the new statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises, which are published on Statistics Finland's Internet pages at: http://www.stat.fi/til/mmtal/index.html
(12 Dec 2007)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the production of agricultural enterprise and income statistics in 2007. Corresponding data as from the reference year 2005 can be found in the new statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises, which are published on Statistics Finland's Internet pages at: http://www.stat.fi/til/mmtal/index.html
(12 Dec 2007)
These new statistics replace the previously produced agricultural enterprise and income statistics and agricultural income and tax statistics. The statistics are compiled annually and they are included in the OSF series. The statistics are published for the first time from data on the reference year 2005.
(12 Dec 2007)
As of 14 August 2007, the set of statistics previously entitled "Finns as users of information and communications technology" will be known as "Use of information and communications technology".
(14 Aug 2007)
The data content of the Labour Force Survey's Finnish and English home pages has been expanded as from 22 May 2007. In connection with the July release of monthly data also the data for the 2nd quarter become available on the Internet.
(24 Jul 2007)
A new seasonal adjustment method was introduced in the Labour Force Survey on 19 June 2007. The new method is the TRAMO/SEATS method applied with Demetra software as recommended by Eurostat. The method used prior to this was X11-Arima.
(19 Jun 2007)
Statistics Finland has discontinued the publication of the cost index of rail transport in June 2007. Annual changes in the index have been published quarterly on the home page of the statistics. The cost index of rail transport describes changes in the cost factors of prices of tram and metro transport.
(18 Jun 2007)
Statistics Finland is renewing its publication activities, and the Labour Force Survey is piloting this renewal. The changes will be visible as from 22 May 2007 onwards in the monthly and quarterly publications (in Finnish/English) of Labour Force Survey Statistics, which belong to the Official Statistics of Finland Labour market 2007 publication series. The English language version will be published in electronic format only on the home page of the Labour Force Survey www.stat.fi/labourforcesurvey.
(22 May 2007)
Statistics Finland publishes now for the first time point figures for an index of new orders in manufacturing. The task of the index of new orders in manufacturing is to provide rapid and reliable information about developments in the value of new orders. The statistics also indicate how production and turnover are likely to develop in future.
(09 Mar 2007)
As from 21 February 2007, the StatFin time series table for the statistics on Rents of dwellings is available in PX-Web format. The data content of the table will remain unchanged.
(21 Feb 2007)
As of the beginning of 2007, Statistics Finland has discontinued the production and publication of statistics on bonds. Data from the statistics on bonds have been published quarterly on the home page of the statistics and monthly in the publication Monthly Series on Financial Markets, which has also been discontinued as of the beginning on 2007.
(29 Jan 2007)
As from 4 December 2006 the statistics on Use of information technology and electronic commerce in enterprises are called Use of information technology in enterprises.
(08 Dec 2006)
As of 31 October 2006, the StatFin time series tables of the statistics on causes of death will be in PX-Web format. The data contents of the tables will remain unchanged.
(26 Oct 2006)
As of 24 October 2006, the StatFin time series tables of the Labour Force Survey will be in PX-Web format. The data contents of the tables will remain unchanged.
(23 Oct 2006)
Data on key figures of credit institutions will be in future published as part of the financial statement data of credit institutions concerning the whole year at http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/llai/index_en.html
(30 Aug 2006)
Data on key figures of credit institutions will be in future published on this website as part of the financial statement data of credit institutions concerning the whole year.
(30 Aug 2006)
The methods for fixed price calculations in National Accounts have been revised. Output at current prices and intermediate consumption are now deflated separately, and value added at fixed prices derived as the difference of these figures. At the same time, the fixed base year was changed into a varying one. Corresponding methodological revisions will be introduced in quarterly accounts. Revised time series for 1975-2004 were published at the end of March. Annual data for 2005 and data for the first quarter of 2006 will published on 9 June 2006.
(11 May 2006)
(07 Apr 2006)
The calculation methods of national accounts and the time series data of annual national accounts for the years 1975-2004 have been changed. In particular, changes have occurred in the calculation methods of the volume development of gross domestic product and its sub-components. At the same time, other revisions were made to time series. The changes are mainly due to the harmonisation work of national accounts carried out in the EU. Because of the changes the national accounts data for 2005 released earlier on 1 March 2006 are not in all respects comparable with the data published now.
(31 Mar 2006)
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(21 Feb 2006)
Statistics Finland ends production of transition statistics. In the following, data on transition transport will be available from the Finnish Maritime Administration concerning sea transport, from VR-Group for railway transport and from the National Board of Customs regarding road transport.
(15 Feb 2006)
(14 Feb 2006)
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