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ENERGY IN FINLAND Communication and Information Services ISSN 2242−9085 (pdf) Statistics Finland ISBN 978−244−636−7 (pdf) 2019 tel. +358 29 551 2220 ISSN 1457−0491 (print) www.stat.fi ISBN 978−244−635−0 (print) Product number 3055 (print) Publication orders: Edita Publishing Oy tel. +358 20 450 05 www.editapublishing.fi Finland in brief Area Municipalities with high Situated in northern Europe with an electricity consumption 2017 area of 338,432 km2 of which 72% forest, 10% water, 8% cultivated land.
Population 5.5 million, with average density of 18 persons per square kilometre. More than two-thirds of the population reside in the southern third of the country. Arctic Circle Population > 3 TWh Tornio 500 000 Average temperatures in 2018 > 2 TWh Kemi 100 000 > 1.5 TWh Oulu Town Latitude January July 30 000 Helsinki 60° –1.2°C 21.1°C 30 000 Sodankylä 67° –11.7°C 20.1°C Kokkola
Economy Jämsä Joensuu Pori Tampere In 2018* GDP totalled € 233.6 bil., i.e. Imatra € 42,340/capita. In 2018* services were Rauma Lappeenranta Vantaa Kouvola 69.1%, secondary production 28.2% Turku Porvoo and primary production 2.8% of the Espoo Helsinki G D P.
Structure of industry, Productive forestland is the most valuable natural resource of Finland. Value added gross in The indigenous energy resources in production in 2018* the country are hydro power, wood bil. € % and peat. Finland also has some rich Total industry 42.5 100 deposits of metallic ores from which Mining and quarrying 1.0 2 copper, zinc, and nickel are extracted. Forest industry 4.8 11 Total energy consumption Chemical industry 5.9 14 in 2018* Metal industry 19.4 46 Basic metals and metal prod. 4.6 11 1,379 PJ (32.9 Mtoe) Electrical and electronics ind. 6.7 16 251 GJ/capita (6.0 toe/capita) Other metal industry 8.0 19 Other manufacturing ind. 5.2 13 CO2 emissions in energy sector Energy supply 4.3 10 in 2018*
Water supply and waste 41.5 million t CO2 management 1.9 4 7.5 t CO2/capita Contents Total energy consumption...... 2 Renewable energy sources...... 6 Electricity...... 8 Networks information...... 13 Heating...... 14 Industry ...... 17 Enterprises...... 18 Transport ...... 19 Liquid fuel prices...... 20 Imports and exports...... 21 Greenhouse gases...... 23 International energy statistics ...... 27 Net heat contents and conversion factors...... 39 Notes and explanations ...... 41
The data in this pocketbook are based on the Preliminary Energy Statistics 2018 figures.
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1 Total energy consumption by energy source 2018*