Building

A building refers to any independent structure permanently constructed or erected on its site. It has its own entrance and contains covered space intended for different purposes, usually enclosed within outer walls or walls separating it from other structures (buildings).

Caves and other subterranean spaces which are mainly enclosed within rock or similar walls and/or which do not contain structures comparable to the interior structures of buildings proper, such as underground oil tanks, are not buildings.

Buildings do not include light-structured stalls, kiosks and the like, which do not include spaces separated by closed walls, or transportable caravans, ships and so on.

The building data derive from the building information system maintained by the Finnish Environment Institute Syke.

The building stock statistics of Statistics Finland do not include:

- liquid storage buildings
- buildings used only in agricultural production
- sauna buildings belonging to residential buildings
- outhouses of residential buildings
- buildings entirely controlled by foreign missions
- buildings of the Finnish Defence Forces,
- air raid shelters

except where the above-mentioned buildings are occupied or have commercial properties.


The data on new production of buildings do not include:

- buildings entirely controlled by foreign missions
- buildings of the Finnish Defence Forces
- air raid shelters