Helsinki-Uusimaa Region in Figures 2021
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TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRAL REGION Emissions per inhabitant HELSINKI- 3,9 tons CO₂e Change 2007–2020 –38 % UUSIMAA REGION IN FIGURES 2021 A GROWING REGION municipalities Askola, Espoo, Hanko, Helsinki, Hyvinkää, Ingå, Järvenpää, Karkkila, Kauniainen, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Lapinjärvi, Lohja, Loviisa, Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, Porvoo, 26 Pukkila, Raseborg, Sipoo, Siuntio, Tuusula, Vantaa, Vihti Fresh water 471 km2, 3% Land area 9,097 km2, 57 % Salt water 6,491 km2, 40 % A GROWING REGION DRIVING FORCE OF FINLAND’S ECONOMY 1.7 million inhabitants 39 % of the Finnish GDP 31 % of the entire population of Finland Population growth about 13,000 inhabitants in 2020 By 2040 a population growth of 200,000 inhabitants in Helsinki-Uusimaa Region* *Statistics Finland, population forecast A GROWING REGION DRIVING FORCE OF FINLAND’S ECONOMY 39 % of the Finnish GDP Industries Services Processing Primary production eg. trade, health and social eg. manufacturing , eg. agriculture, forestry industry, education, ICT construction and mining and fishing about 13,000 inhabitants in 2020 82.6 % 16.8 % 0.6 % 50 % of R&D expenses in Finland DRIVING FORCE OF FINLAND’S ECONOMY Helsinki-Uusimaa Region has 827,000 workplaces i.e. one third of the Finnish total Private sector 64 % Work- Public sector 28 % places: Entrepreneurs 8 % Employment rate for 15–64 year olds 74.1 %, Average rate for Finland 71.6 % Unemployment rate 7.2 % * Average rate for Finland 7.8 % * Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey, annual average 2020 A MULTILINGUAL REGION TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRAL REGION In Helsinki-Uusimaa Region 14,7 % speak another language 77,6 % 2020, Source: Statistics Finland – speak Finnish 7,7 % speak Swedish Information from 2019 Information 58 % of those speaking another language in Finland live in Helsinki- Uusimaa Region Russian Estonian Somali The most commonly spoken foreign languages are Arabic Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council 6/2021 Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional A MULTILINGUAL REGION TOWARDS CLIMATE NEUTRAL REGION Emissions per inhabitant 3,9 tons CO₂e Change 2007–2020 –38 % Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions Waste treatment 3,7 % Industry 0,8 % Agriculture 3,8 % F-gases 4,5 % Machinery 5,6 % District heating 26,7 % Electricity 11,4 % Rail transport 0,3 % Oil heating 4 % Water transport 1,5 % Electric heating 3,5 % Other heating 3,7 % Road transport 30,5 % Source: Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, preliminary data for 2020. for SYKE, preliminary data Source: Finnish Environment Institute A MULTILINGUAL REGION 2020, Source: Statistics Finland FINLAND – HELSINKI-UUSIMAA REGION NORWAY Helsinki SWEDEN RUSSIA Baltic Sea ESTONIA from 2019 Information North Sea LATVIA DENMARK IRELAND LITHUANIA UNITED The Helsinki-Uusimaa RegionalRUSSIA Council is a regional KINGDOM developer, creating conditions for wellbeing, economic NETHERLANDS POLAND BELARUS developmentGERMANY and a safe, as well as an attractive BELGIUM physical environment for its citizens. LUXEMBOURG The Regional CouncilCZECH is also a strategic planner,UKRAINE a land use plannerREPUBLIC and a coordinator. SLOVAKIA FRANCE www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/en SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA Council 6/2021 Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional SLOVENIA ROMANIA CROATIA ITALY ANDORRA MONACO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SPAIN SERBIA PORTUGAL BULGARIA MONTENEGRO MACEDONIA ALBANIA TURKEY GREECE.