Pocket-size information about Finland

Statistics Finland's newly published Finland in Figures 2014 is a compact, 48-page information package in pocket size about Finland and its people. The booklet provides key data on the population, economy, living conditions and culture in the form of statistics and graphics. The booklet also contains international comparison data.

Finland in Figures 2014 pocket statistics are available in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English.

Extracts from data in Finland in Figures:

Finland has around 168,000 lakes whose area is at least 500 m². Approximately 57,000 of them have an area of over one hectare. The biggest lake is Saimaa, 1,393 km².
At the end of last year, Finland's population was 5,451,270. A total of 207,511 foreign citizens were living permanently in Finland, which is close on four per cent of the total population.
Nearly 2.5 million of the population were employed persons. Human health and social work activities employed 399,000, manufacturing 377,000 and trade 296,000 persons.
The total number of unemployed persons was 219,000 last year. Twenty-one per cent of unemployed persons were long-term unemployed, that is, their unemployment had lasted continuously for 12 months or longer.
At the end of last year, there were nearly 1.4 million pension beneficiaries living in Finland. The average pension was EUR 1,549 per month, for men EUR 1,760 and for women EUR 1,376. In all, 127,415, or nine per cent of pension beneficiaries received over EUR 2,600 per month.
Finland's main trading partners were Russia, Sweden and Germany. Finland's balance of trade with Russia was EUR five billion in deficit. Russia's share of Finland's total imports was 18 per cent and nearly ten per cent of exports.
Health care expenditure amounted to EUR 17.5 billion in 2012. Specialised health care accounted for 36 per cent of the expenditure and primary health care for 18 per cent. Private health care reimbursed under National Health Insurance made up six per cent and institutional care for older people four per cent of all health care expenditure.
Finland's travel account showed a deficit of nearly EUR one billion last year: tourism receipts amounted to EUR three billion and tourism expenditure to nearly EUR four billion.
In 16 out of the 28 EU countries, general government debt exceed a GDP share of 60 per cent last year. The share of the debt in Greece was the biggest of EU Member States, 175 per cent, and that in Estonia the smallest, ten per cent of GDP. In Finland, the share of the debt was 57 per cent of GDP.

Finland in Figures 2014 is also available as a PDF publication and an online service in Finnish, Swedish and English on Statistics Finland's web pages.

The publication can be ordered from the customer service of Edita Publishing Oy, tel. +358 20 450 05 or from Edita's NetMarket online store.

Further information: Eila Laakso, tel. +358 29 551 2509