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Finland in Figures “ FOLLOW US – NEWS NOTIFICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA” STATISTICS FINLAND − Produces statistics on a variety of areas in society − Promotes the use of statistical data − Supports decision-making based on facts − Creates preconditions for research GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICE +358 29 551 2220 [email protected] www.stat.fi FINLAND IN FIGURES 2018 ISSN 2242−8496 (pdf) ISBN 978−952−244−604−6 (pdf) ISSN 0357−0371 (print) ISBN 978−952−244−603−9 (print) Product number 3056 (print) Contents and Sources Finland Today .................................... 2 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Population Register Centre; vrk.fi Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery .................... 3 Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland; luke.fi Construction ..................................... 5 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Culture and the Media ............................. 6 Sources: Ministry of Education and Culture; minedu.fi, Finnish Film Foundation; ses.fi, National Board of Antiquities; nba.fi, Theatre Info Finland; tinfo.fi, Kantar TNS Oy; tns-gallup.fi, The National Library of Finland; nationallibrary.fi Education ....................................... 7 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Elections ....................................... 8 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Energy ........................................ 10 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Finnish Energy; energia.fi Enterprises ..................................... 11 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Environment and Natural Resources ................ 12 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, National Land Survey of Finland; maanmittauslaitos.fi, Finnish Environment Institute; syke.fi, Finnish Meteorological Institute; fmi.fi, Ministry of the Environment; ym.fi, Metsähallitus; metsa.fi Financing and Insurance .......................... 15 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Bank of Finland; bof.fi Government Finance ............................. 16 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; formin.fi, State Treasury; treasuryfinland.fi Health ......................................... 17 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, National Institute for Health and Welfare; thl.fi, Social Insurance Institution; kela.fi, Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea; fimea.fi Housing ....................................... 19 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Income and Consumption ......................... 21 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Natural Resources Institute Finland; luke.fi, National Institute for Health and Welfare; thl.fi Justice ........................................ 23 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Contents and Sources Labour Market .................................. 24 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Finnish Environment Institute; syke.fi Manufacturing .................................. 27 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi National Accounts ............................... 28 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Population ..................................... 31 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, National Land Survey of Finland; maanmittauslaitos.fi, Finnish Immigration Service; migri.fi Prices and Costs ................................ 39 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Science, Technology and Information Society ......... 41 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi Social Protection ................................ 42 Sources: National Institute for Health and Welfare; thl.fi, Social Insurance Institution; kela.fi, Financial Supervisory Authority; fiva.fi, Finnish Centre for Pensions; etk.fi Trade ......................................... 44 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Finnish Customs; tulli.fi Transport and Tourism ............................ 46 Sources: Statistics Finland; stat.fi, Helsinki Region Transport; hsl.fi, VR Group Ltd; vrgroup.fi, Finnish Transport Agency; liikennevirasto.fi, Finavia Corporation; finavia.fi Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs .................. 48 Source: Statistics Finland; stat.fi International Comparison Data ..................... 50 Sources: UN: Demographic Yearbook, UN: Population and Vital Statistics Report; unstats.un.org, Eurostat; ec.europa.eu/eurostat, CIA: The World Factbook; cia.gov, World Bank: World Development Indicators; worldbank.org, ILO: ILOSTAT Database; ilo.org/ilostat, OECD: Economic Outlook; oecd.org, IMF: World Economic Outlook; imf.org Symbols * preliminary data . data not available or too . category not applicable uncertain for presentation, - magnitude nil or subject to secrecy FINLAND IN FIGURES ONLINE SERVICE stat.fi/finlandinfigures FINLAND TODAY POPULATION PERSONS AGED 100 OR OVER 2017 2017 WOMEN MEN 723 131 MOST POPULAR FIRST NAME 2017 5 513 130 AINO LEO AVERAGE SIZE AUTOMOBILE HELSINKI OF HOUSEHOLD- STOCK inhabitants DWELLING UNIT number 2017 persons/household- 2017 dwelling unit 2017 2.01 4 056 725 643 272 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE MATRICULATION share of persons working, % 2017 EXAMINATIONS 2016 4 Agriculture and forestry 22 Industry and construction 74 Services and administration 30 531 Sources: Statistics Finland, Population Register Centre Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery 3 Agricultural and horticultural enterprises Production sector 2010 2016 2017 Average age of farmers 2017 Plant production 37 086 33 187 33 014 Cereals production 20 927 17 493 16 304 52 Other plant production 13 092 13 360 14 397 54 Greenhouse production 1 371 878 835 53 Outdoor production 1 696 1 456 1 478 53 Livestock production 19 829 14 357 13 406 Milk production 10 205 7 276 6 704 49 Beef production 3 080 2 931 2 935 49 Suckler cow production and cattle fattening 1 270 572 555 50 Pig farming 1 355 689 602 48 Poultry farming 375 438 362 48 Sheep, goat and horse farming and other grazing livestock 3 544 2 451 2 248 50 Mixed production 2 568 2 163 2 134 50 Total 59 483 49 707 48 554 53 Utilised agricultural area, ha/farm 39 46 47 Livestock 1950 1990 2000 2010 2016 2017 Thousand Cattle 1 782 1 360 1 057 926 909 893 Dairy cows 1 111 490 364 289 282 275 Pigs 446 1 381 1 296 1 367 1 235 1 129 Poultry . 12 570 9 587 13 445 12 705 Laying hens 3 381 4 845 3 110 3 394 3 599 3 650 Broilers . 2 993 7 918 4 616 8 272 7 734 Sheep 1 220 103 100 126 157 155 Grain harvest Mil. kg 2 500 Barley Oats 2 000 Wheat Rye 1 500 1 000 500 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2017 4 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Forest statistics Land class 2014–2016 Volume of the 2014–2016 growing stock Mil. ha % Mil. m3 % Forestry land 26.2 86 Pine 1 238 50 Forest land 20.3 67 Spruce 736 30 Poor productive forest land 2.4 8 Birch 411 17 Unproductive land 3.2 11 Other deciduous Forest roads, depots, etc. 0.2 1 trees 80 3 Other land 4.2 14 Growing Land area, total 30.4 100 stock, total 2 465 100 Increment and drain of the growing stock Mil. m3 120 100 Increment (smoothed) 80 60 1) 40 Drain 20 0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 -16 1) Change caused by areas ceded during the wars Result from the private forest economy Real value, /ha 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 -17* Construction 5 Completed buildings and dwellings 2000 2010 2016 2017 All buildings, mil. m3 38.48 34.66 32.40 34.16 Residential buildings 13.44 10.71 10.60 11.56 Commercial and office buildings 6.28 5.83 5.92 6.29 Industrial buildings and warehouses 7.88 7.27 7.80 8.33 Other buildings 10.88 10.86 8.08 7.99 All dwellings, number 35 218 25 152 30 265 35 639 Detached houses 12 208 10 583 7 100 7 387 Attached houses 5 876 2 799 3 579 3 454 Blocks of flats 16 717 11 116 18 940 24 089 Other than residential buildings 417 654 646 709 Completed dwellings 40 000 Number 35 000 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 5 000 0 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Volume index of newbuilding 2010 = 100 140 Other than residential buildings All buildings 120 Residential buildings 100 80 60 40 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 6 Culture and the Media Public libraries 1) 1990 2000 2010 2016 2017 Libraries, number 1 151 936 843 744 737 Mobile libraries, number 232 201 154 137 134 Materials, million 37.2 40.9 39.7 35.6 35.2 Loans, million 85.7 102.2 96.2 87.4 85.2 Borrowers, million 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 Library visits, million 49.3 64.0 52.6 49.0 50.1 1) Excl. Åland Cinemas, museums and theatres 2000 2010 2015 2016 Cinema halls 343 289 311 312 Seats, thousand 60 50 48 47 Premieres 176 186 202 207 Visits per inhabitant 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 Museums 1) 155 158 150 154 Exhibitions 1 289 1 134 1 089 1 024 Admissions, million 4.9 4.9 5.6 6.7 Theatres 2) 60 59 59 59 Performances 13 837 12 833 12 511 12 075 Tickets sold, million 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2 1) Museums with full-time personnel, excl. Åland 2) Theatres receiving statutory State subsidy, incl. the Finnish National Theatre and the Finnish National Opera Shares of use by media, 2016 Age 15–24 25–44 45–59 60–69 Total min per day % Print media, total 48 45 62 95 61 13 Magazines 6 7 11 17 10 2 Newspapers 1) 12 12 24 44 22 5 Free papers 6 7 7 8 7 2 Books 24 19 20 26 22 5 Electronic media, total 395 416 386 365 394 87 Television 61 101 140 144 114 25 Radio 34 71 92 113 80 18 Internet 2) 300 244 154 108 200 44 Total 443 461 448 460 455 100 1) Incl. subscribed and paid for newspapers 2) Incl. all Internet use LITERATURE PUBLISHED IN FINLAND 9 884 2016 books Education 7 Population by level of education, 2016 Total % Females % Population aged 15 or over 4 609 119 100 2 353 862 100 Population with educational qualification, total 3 287 272 71.3 1 702 742 72.3 Upper secondary education 1 852 669 40.2 883 194 37.5 Post-secondary non-tertiary
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