News and press releases
2010
16 December
2010 Release Calendar 2011
Release dates have been published for official statistics in
2011.
8
December 2010 Year of economic downturn reflected in
statistics
In 2009, gross domestic product fell and households' debts grew in
Finland. Despite the economic downturn, households' disposable
income and financial assets went up. These data have been extracted
from the statistics gathered into the freshly published Statistical
Yearbook of Finland 2010.
28
October 2010 The population is getting older in the
Nordic countries
According to the recently published Nordic Statistical Yearbook,
four to five per cent of the population in the Nordic countries are
above the age of 80 at the moment. The share of aged people is
expected to grow to eight per cent in the Nordic countries by the
year 2040.
22
October 2010 Appointments at Statistics
Finland
Pasi Henriksson has been appointed Director of Management Services
at Statistics Finland. Hannele Orjala has been appointed Director
of Statistics Finland's Business Trends Department.
21
October 2010 Markku Suur-Kujala and Tapio Korhonen
awarded Eino H. Laurila national income medal
The Eino H. Laurila national income medal for 2010 has been awarded
to Markku Suur-Kujala and Tapio Korhonen. The medal is awarded as
recognition of noteworthy work to advance economic research.
19
October 2010 Statistical literacy in the focus on World
Statistics Day
The objectives of the World Statistics Day, celebrated on 20
October 2010, are to emphasise the importance of reliable
information in everyday thinking and decision-making, and make
statistics familiar to the general public. On World Statistics Day
the producers of official statistics in Finland want to focus on
statistical literacy and user skills as elements of civic
skills.
13
September 2010 Challenge into the International
Statistical Literacy Competition for school students
Finnish schools are challenged to take part in the International
Statistical Literacy Competition. The aim of the competition is to
improve the abilities of young people to describe their environment
with the help of statistics.
16
August 2010 Gunnar Modeen medal to Lars Thygesen
The Gunnar Modeen medal awarded every three years by the Finnish
Statistical Society was this year granted to Lars Thygesen,
Director of Sales and Marketing at Statistics Denmark
22
July 2010 Olli Rehn: Greece's statistics were not
compiled with sufficient independence
"Greece's statistics were not compiled with sufficient independence
to respond to political pressures; instead, there was an attempt to
cover up the problems of the Greek economy on the eve of the
elections," says European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary
Affairs, Olli Rehn, in an interview with Statistics Finland's
Tieto&trendit magazine. In future Eurostat will have the right
to check the statistics if there is reason to doubt the reliability
of national data.
12 July
2010 Energy in Finland - new pocketbook of energy
statistics
Statistics Finland has published a new pocket-size book of
statistics on energy. The compact information package contains
fresh statistical data on the energy field in Finland.
29
June 2010 International comparison data as
graphs
Statistics Finland's new International comparison graphs service
describes by means of statistical graphs how Finland is placed in
comparison with other European countries.
4
June 2010 Pocket-size information about
Finland
Statistics Finland's freshly published Finland in Figures is a
pocket-size compact information package about Finland and Finns.
International comparison data are also included.
26 May
2010 Changes in the calculation methods of quarterly
national accounts
A new information system will be introduced in quarterly national
accounts, which enables utilisation of improved calculation methods
from before. Data based on the new calculation methods will be
released on 9 June 2010.
3 May
2010 Statistics Finland's Annual Report 2009
released
The Annual Report includes information about Statistics Finland's
central statistics, surveys and services
30
April 2010 Challenges of the European Statistical System
under review at the Q2010 Conference
Statistics Finland and Eurostat will co-host the 2010 European
Conference on Quality in Official Statistics to be held in
Helsinki, from 4 to 6 May 2010. Over 400 statistics experts from 45
different countries have been registered for the Conference.
2 March 2010 Working group
proposes revision of the Statistics Act
The working
group on the rationalisation and decentralisation of the national
statistical service proposes a revision of the Statistics Act and a
review of the Act of Criteria for Charges Payable to the State. The
working group identifies especially municipal statistics, and
statistics on the environment and natural resources as areas
needing further rationalisation within the national statistical
service.
Ministry of Finance press release
1
March 2010 Gross domestic product contracted by 7.8 per
cent in 2009
According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the volume of
Finland's GDP contracted by 7.8 per cent in 2009. The fall was the
largest reduction in output for an individual year since 1917 and
1918.
24 February 2010 National accounts
data will be released at 10 am on 1 March 2010
Statistics Finland will release preliminary national accounts data
on economic development in 2009 at a press conference starting at
10 am on 1 March 2010. At the same time, statistics will also be
released on general government deficit and gross debt, quarterly
national accounts, and taxes and tax-like payments.
19
February 2010 Women and men in Finland 2009
What kinds of differences are there in employment relationships of
women and men? Or in health? This up-to-date information package
gives a concise overview on the life of women and men in
Finland.
9 February 2010 Findicator supplemented by
new indicators
The Findicator service implemented by Statistics Finland and the
Prime Minister's Office has been supplemented by new indicators.
The service also gives access to data in even longer time series
than before and to data in the StatFin database.
Press release of Prime Minister's Office
5
February 2010 Summary data on mass media
A total of 201 printed newspapers were published in Finland in 2008
and 164 of them also had web versions. A total of some 400 Finnish
newspapers or magazines were available online via the Internet. The
freshly published report Finnish Mass Media 2009 provides a
comprehensive overview of the media scene in Finland.
27
January 2010 Information package about climate
change
Statistics Finland has compiled the fifth National Report about the
implementation of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol in Finland. The
Report describes the development of emissions and actions taken to
reduce them, as well as adaptation to the climate change.
26
January 2010 International statistics compactly
served
Statistics from all countries of the world can now be accessed via
Statistics Finland's new International statistics portal.
14
January 2010 Director General of Statistics Finland
receives OECD recognition
Heli Jeskanen-Sundström has been awarded a special diploma for her
contribution to the development and strengthening of co-operation
between Finland and the OECD
22 December
2009 Release Calendar 2010
Release dates have been published for official statistics in
2010.
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