2008
16 December
2008 Release Calendar 2009
Release dates have been published for official statistics in
2009.
1 December
2008 Handbook for users of Consumer Price Index is now
available online free-of-charge
Statistics Finland has published its handbook for the users of the
Consumer Price Index on the Internet. The handbook explains how the
Consumer Price Index is compiled and gives guidance in its use by
way of specimen calculations.
26 November
2008 Changing Finland
The population's life expectancy has risen, and people live more
spaciously and consume more than ten years ago in Finland. This and
much more can be learnt from the newly published Statistical
Yearbook of Finland.
18 November
2008 Statistics Finland wants to make responding to
inquiries easier
Statistics Finland is looking for ways to reduce enterprises'
response burden. Enterprises' response burden is studied with a
separate inquiry in connection with direct data collections.
4
November 2008 New Internet portal facilitates searching
for statistics
A new Internet portal comprising all Official Statistics of
Finland, www. officialstatistics.fi, has been launched on
Statistics Finland website. The portal provides access to the
latest data of some 300 sets of public administration
statistics.
27
October 29008 Support for the True Finns increased in
the urban districts of Uusimaa
According to the party analysis produced by Statistics Finland, the
True Finns recorded their biggest wins in urban districts as well
as districts with unemployment and a low income level.
26
October 29008 The majority of Municipal election
candidates are men
Nearly 60 per cent of the Municipal election candidates are men.
The proportion of women candidates has grown by only 0.5 percentage
points from the previous elections. More information on i.a. the
candidates' age, education and income is available in the review
produced by Statistics Finland.
21 October
2008 Growth in the number of the employed slowed down in
the third quarter
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland,
employment increased in July-September by an average of 25,000
persons, while in the two preceding quarters the increase averaged
54,000 persons.
20
October 2008 You can still register for Statistical
Literacy Competition for students
Finnish students are challenged into an International Statistical
Literacy Competition. The aim of the competition is to improve
statistical skills among school students.
16 October
2008 Election information service provides information
on Municipal elections
Statistics Finland's free of charge election information service
provides diverse statistics, illustrative maps and analyses already
during the election night.
13 October
2008 Leena Storgårds appointed Director of Business
Structures Department
Ms Leena Storgårds, has been appointed Director of Statistics
Finland's Business Structures Department for the five-year term
between 1 December 2008 and 30 November 2013.
8
October 2008 Population is ageing in the Nordic
countries
The latest Nordic Statistical Yearbook indicates that in the Nordic
countries the fewest children per one woman are born in Finland and
Denmark, and the most in the Faroe Islands. The proportion of the
aged of the population in the Nordic countries is forecasted to
increase clearly.
23 September
2008 Number of employed almost unchanged
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, the
number of employed persons in August was 2,566,000, or 8,000 higher
than a year earlier.
29 August
2008 Library of Statistics' new opening hours as from 1
September 2008
As from the beginning of September, the Library of Statistics is
open to customers weekdays from 10 am to 4.15 pm. Take a look at
the services provided by the Library.
26 August
2008 Number of unemployed decreased in
July
According to the Labour Force
Survey of Statistics Finland, there were 144,000 unemployed in July
2008. Their number was 17,000 down from one year previously.
6 August 2008 The Yearbook of Justice Statistics
describes crime in Finland
The publication reports i.a. that the number of accounting and
debtor offences has doubled from the year 1991.
24
July 2008 Yearbook of environmental data
Statistics Finland's Environmental Statistics Yearbook monitors
environmental changes, sustainable development and environmental
economy.
22 July
2008 Number of employed persons grew in June
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, the
number of employed persons in June was
2,668,000, or 49,000 higher than a year earlier. Among wage and
salary earners, the number of full-time employees increased and
that of part-time employees decreased.
7
July 2008 Energy in Finland - new pocketbook of energy
statistics
Statistics Finland has published a new pocket-size book of
statistics on energy, Energy in Finland - Pocketbook 2008.The
compact information package contains fresh statistical data on the
energy field in Finland.
26 June
2008 Statistics Finland's Annual Report 2007
released
The Annual Report includes information about Statistics Finland's
central statistics, surveys and services.
24 June
2008 Number of employed persons grew in
May
According to the Labour Force Survey
of Statistics Finland, the number of employed persons in May was
2,554,000, or 55,000 higher than a year earlier.
12
June 2008 Finland in nutshell
Statistics Finland's Finland in Figures is a pocket-size compact
information package on Finland's population, economy, living
conditions and culture. International comparison data are also
included.
10 June
2008 Finnish enterprises frequently move functions
abroad
Already 16 per cent of Finnish enterprises have sourced functions
internationally or moved them abroad. International sourcing has
opened up new markets to Finnish enterprises.
6
June 2008 Finnish enterprises frequently move functions
abroad
Already 16 per cent of Finnish
enterprises have sourced functions internationally or moved them
abroad. International sourcing has opened up new markets to Finnish
enterprises.
30 May
2008 Use of the Internet increasingly
diverse
Reading blogs, making phone
calls over the Internet and shopping online, among other things,
have become increasingly popular. More than every fourth Internet
user in Finland would gladly use it more.
26 May 2008 Revised
standard industrial classification due
Statistics Finland will introduce a revised statistical standard
industrial classification in 2009. The revised version includes
improved classification of service activities. Read more about the
effects and the introduction timetable of the revision.
20 May
2008 Number of employed persons grew in
April
According to the Labour Force
Survey of Statistics Finland, the number of employed persons in
April was 2,501,000, or 45,000 higher than a year earlier.
7 May
2008 New service concerning enterprise data
collections
Statistics Finland has launched a new service concerning enterprise
data collections. It allows enterprises to check their present or
past inclusion in Statistics Finland's data collections. The
service aims to make it easier for enterprises to prepare for and
respond to data collections.
6 May
2008 Monthly Indicator of Total Output is being
revised
The calculation of the indicator is being harmonised with the
calculation methods of quarterly accounts output. In future the
statistics will be published as the Trend Indicator of Output.
24 April
2008 Statistics Finland increases the volume of free of
charge data
Statistics Finland has renewed and extended its free of charge
statistics database StatFin. Database tables can be found e.g. via
the home pages of the statistics.
22 Apr 2008
Employment and unemployment in March 2008
- Number of employed persons 29,000 higher than one year earlier -
Employment rate 69.0 per cent - Unemployment rate 6.8 per cent,
180,000 unemployed - 53,000 new vacancies at employment offices -
In the first quarter of 2008, average number of employed persons
59,000 higher than in the respective quarter of 2007
18 Mar 2008
Employment and unemployment in February 2008
- Number of employed persons 45,000 higher than one year earlier -
Employment rate 68.9 per cent - Unemployment rate 6.4 per cent,
168,000 unemployed - 66,000 new vacancies at employment offices
5 March
2008 Finnish Ministry of Finance explores possibilities
of further rationalisation of the national statistical
service
The Finnish Ministry of Finance has launched a project to explore
possibilities of further rationalisation of the national
statistical service and decentralisation of functions of Statistics
Finland. Statistics Finland regards the speculations presented in
the media about the decentralisation of Statistics Finland's
functions as premature.
29 Feb 2008
Gross domestic product grew by 4.4 per cent last year
According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the volume of
Finland's gross domestic product grew by 4.4 per cent in 2007.
Gross domestic product, or the totalled up value added of the goods
and services produced, amounted to EUR 179 billion last year.
19
Febrary 2008 Finnish Pisa success to be continued?
Finnish students are challenged into an
International Statistical Literacy Competition. The objective of
the competition is to improve students' abilities in describing
their environment with the help of statistics and in using
statistics as a tool for making sense of their daily life.
19 Feb 2008
Employment and unemployment in January 2008
- Number of employed persons 100,000 higher than one year earlier -
Employment rate 69.3 per cent - Unemployment rate 6.8 per cent,
181,000 unemployed - 68,000 new vacancies at employment offices
12
February 2008 Summary data about energy
How has energy consumption changed in the past few decades? How
does Finland fare against the other EU countries in the use of
energy? Energy Statistics - Yearbook 2007 presents latest data
describing development in the energy sector in Finland.
12 February
2008 Shedding light on Finnish economic growth and
productivity
How has the arrival of new
general purpose technologies (GPTs) affected economic growth and
productivity in Finland during 1860-2005? A new study "Essays on
Finnish Economic Growth and Productivity 1860-2005" offers insights
to this and other related questions.
23 January 2008
Average size of family in Finland 2.8 persons
At the end of 2006, the average size of a family in Finland was 2.8
persons. Forty-one per cent of the families were families with
children, of which nine per cent were reconstituted families.
Statistics Finland's new publication Families 2006 contains data on
families in Finland by, for instance, type and number of children,
and age, native language and nationality of parents.
22 Jan 2008
Employment and unemployment in December 2007
- Number of employed persons 32,000 higher than one year earlier -
Employment rate 69.5 per cent - Unemployment rate 6.0 per cent,
158,000 unemployed - 29,000 new vacancies at employment offices -
Average number of employed 48,000 higher in 2007 than in 2006
11 January
2008 Women and Men in Finland
2007
How does women's and men's
education differ? And what about their time use? The up-to-date
pocket statistics give a concise overview into the lives of women
and men in Finland.
Last updated 31.12.2008