Latest news
2014
18
December 2014 Changes to the production of statistics
and products in 2015
Many changes will take place in Statistics Finland's statistics
production, and product and service selections from the beginning
of 2015. A total of 14 statistics will be discontinued and the
published content of some statistics will change. In addition, the
publication activity will be reduced and the opening hours of the
Library of Statistics will change.
12
December 2014 Information package on transport
published
How many train trips were made last year between Finland and
Russia? How many foreign cruise ship visitors came to Finland?
These data can be found in Statistics Finland's Transport and
Communications Statistical Yearbook for Finland 2014.
10
December 2014 Statistical Yearbook of Finland describes
changes in Finland
The life expectancy of the Finnish population has risen, Finns are
more highly educated than before and spend more money on services.
These data derive from the newly published Statistical Yearbook of
Finland that describes in great detail society and its development
in Finland.
9
December 2014 Statistics Finland starts co-operation
negotiations about staff reduction needs
The basis for these measures is that the financing of Statistics
Finland's operations will be cut by around EUR four million from
2014. The co-operation negotiations concern the entire
personnel.
8 December
2014 Grid Database 2014 has been published
In addition to taxable income, the updated grid database now also
contains disposable monetary income that better describes the
accumulated purchasing power of each grid.
2
December 2014 Release calendar for 2015
published
The release calendar data for 2015 are now available. Take a look
at the calendar where you can find information on the statistics
and publications that will be released next year.
10
November 2014 Election statistics, statistics on
economic trends and justice statistics off the list of statistics
under threat
Based on the feedback from users, Statistics Finland has decided to
remove election statistics, certain statistics on economic trends
and some justice statistics from the list of statistics under
threat presented in September. Clarifications still continue as
concerns other statistics under threat.
29
October 2014 One-fifth of self-employed persons became
entrepreneurs forced by circumstances
Approximately 40 per cent of self-employed persons without
employees are clearly entrepreneurial driven. Around one-fifth of
self-employed persons have become entrepreneurs forced by
circumstances.
26
September 2014 Data users are heard about changes to
statistics
Statistics Finland will hear data users about the planned changes
to the statistics and service selection before making any final
decisions.
19
September 2014 Budget cuts force to reduce statistics
production
The cuts directed at Statistics Finland's operating expenditure in
2015 to 2017 will lead to reductions in our statistical production.
Services must be pruned and the possibility of employee
co-operation negotiations has not been ruled out.
15 September 2014 The Environment Statistics Yearbook as
an online service
The Environment Statistics Yearbook is a general overview of the
environment. Now the Yearbook and its figures and tables are also
available as a free-of-charge online service.
11
September 2014 International Statistical Literacy
Competition is ongoing
Finnish schools are challenged to take part in the International
Statistical Literacy Competition. The aim of the competition is to
promote the use and understanding of social and numerical data
among schoolchildren.
26 August
2014 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.
26 August
2014 Release calendar data as an open
interface
Statistics Finland's release calendar shows the release dates for
statistical data and publications. Now the release calendar is
available in JSON format, with which the release calendar data can
be transferred into one's own web application.
15 August
2014 Take up Statistics Finland's Apps4Finland
challenge
Tailored combination tables of the Apps4Finland competition are now
available through the open interface from Statistics Finland's
database
13 August
2014 Postponement in the release of the Job Vacancy
Survey for the second quarter
Due to problems that arose in the production of the Job Vacancy
Survey, the data collection period has been extended. For this
reason, the data for the second quarter will be released on 29
August 2014
30
July 2014 Time use is changing
The conference of the International Association for Time Use
Research 2014 will discuss, for example, how the tools of Time Use
Surveys can be used to analyse recent changes in everyday life.
23
June 2014 Papers are increasingly read online
In 2013, 92 per cent of Finns were reading printed newspapers and
magazines at least weekly. However, papers are increasingly
followed digitally, as reading of papers particularly with smart
phones and tablets has fast become widespread.
17
June 2014 Middle-aged people spend most money on culture
and recreation
Households spent, on average, EUR 3,636 on culture and recreation
in 2012. Most money on culture and recreation was used by
households where the reference person was aged between 45 and
54.
16
June 2014 Review of national accounts changes economic
figures
Statistics Finland has published preliminary estimates on the
impacts of the introduction of the reviewed European System of
Accounts, ESA 2010, on gross domestic product and other key
economic figures in Finland. According to the estimates, the level
of GDP is estimated to rise, on average, by around four per cent
over the 2000s.
12 June
2014 Women and Men in Finland
What kinds of differences are there in the education of women and
men? What about employment relationships? Statistics Finland's
publication Women and Men in Finland 2014 contains statistical data
on the position of women and men in society and on gender
equality.
11
June 2014 Finland and Finns in the main focus of the
2014 Apps4Finland challenges
Statistics
Finland is making Finland and Finns the theme for the challenges of
this year's Apps4Finland competition. With this theme, Statistics
Finland wants to prepare for upcoming jubilee years: its own 150th
anniversary next year and the 75th anniversary of Finland's
independence in 2017.
9
June 2014 Pocket-size information about
Finland
Statistics Finland's newly published Finland in Figures is a
compact information package in pocket size about Finland and its
people. The booklet also contains international comparison
data.
9
June 2014 Statistics Finland's phone numbers have
changed
Statistics Finland started using the uniform 0295 telephone numbers
of central government on 9 June 2014. The new number of our
switchboard is +358 29 551 1000.
6
June 2014 Statistics Finland's telephone numbers will
change on 9 June 2014
Statistics Finland will start to use the uniform 0295 telephone
numbers of central government on 9 June 2014. Due to work related
to the change, Statistics Finland's +358 9 1734 numbers will stop
working at 4.30 pm on 6 June 2014.
5
June 2014 Over EUR 2 billion was spent on environmental
protection in 2012
The combined environmental protection expenditure in industry and
the public sector amounted to EUR 2.3 billion in 2012. The share of
the public sector was nearly EUR 1.5 billion and that of industry
was EUR 0.9 billion.
27 May
2014 Finns are satisfied with their housing conditions
and relationships
In their lives, Finns are most satisfied with their housing
conditions and relationships. The Finnish political decision-making
system in turn gets the weakest grade
27 May 2014 Election map service for the European
Parliament elections is open
The free-of-charge election map service can be used to view such as
voting turnout and support for the parties and elected MPs by
municipality.
19 May
2014 Deputy Director General Jarmo Hyrkkö is granted the
honorary title of kanslianeuvos
The President of the Republic has granted the Finnish honorary
title of kanslianeuvos to Statistics Finland's Deputy Director
General Jarmo Hyrkkö.
16 May
2014 How is big data used in statistics?
On 2 June 2014, Statistics Finland will arrange an international
seminar on big data and its utilisation in statistics production.
The event is open to all.
14
May 2014 New statistics on the turnover of large
enterprises
Statistics Finland will start publishing new monthly statistics on
the turnover estimate of large enterprises from 28 May 2014
onwards. The data of the statistics can be used for short-term
monitoring of development in business activities and the
market.
7
May 2014 Statistics Finland's telephone numbers will
change on 9 June 2014
Statistics Finland's telephone numbers will change on 9 June 2014,
when Statistics Finland starts to use the uniform 0295 telephone
numbers of central government.
15 April
2014 Overview of economic development
The Bulletin of Statistics comprehensively provides time series
data on the key topics describing the development of the economy
and society to monitor economic cycles. The publication also
contains indices, trends and seasonally adjusted statistical
series, as well as international comparison data.
14
April 2014 Schools are challenged to participate in the
International Statistical Literacy Competition
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
4
March 2014 Eino H. Laurila national income medal awarded
to Eeva Hamunen, Sixten Korkman and Alpo Willman
The Eino H. Laurila national income medal for the year 2013 has
been awarded to PhD Sixten Korkman, PhD Alpo Willman and MSSc Eeva
Hamunen. The medals are granted in recognition of their active work
in promoting the use of national accounts and knowledge about
them.
3 March
2014 Indicators describing well-being in
Findicator
A website on indicators describing different dimensions of
well-being has been opened in the Findicator service. The website
gathers key national and international indicator services and
sources presenting well-being information into one place.
24 February 2014 Finland's
databases will be closed for maintenance
Statistics Finland's databases will be closed for maintenance from
4 pm on 24 February to 9 am on 25 February.
24 February 2014 National accounts data will
be released at 10 am on 3 March 2014
Statistics Finland will release preliminary national accounts data
on economic development in 2013 at a press conference starting at
10 am on 3 March 2014. At the same time, statistics will also be
released on general government deficit and debt, quarterly national
accounts, and taxes and tax-like payments.
5 February 2014 Are
you looking for information about data collections?
Have you or your enterprise been selected as a respondent in a
Statistics Finland's data collection? The renewed Data collections
website offers, for example, instructions for responding,
information on all Statistics Finland's data collections and on
what the collected data are used for.
30
January 2014 Production of business statistics
renewed
Statistics Finland has renewed its production of business
statistics. The review concerns more than ten sets of statistics,
where a gradual introduction of the new production system was
started in November 2013.
28 January 2014 Statistics Finland's databases will
be closed for maintenance
Statistics Finland's databases will be closed for maintenance from
4 pm on 29 January to 9 am on 30 January.
16
January 2014 Preliminary estimates on the impact of the
national accounts revision
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, has
issued preliminary estimates on the impacts of the ESA 2010
revision in Member States. The new methods introduced due to the
revision have an effect on the level of GDP in EU Member
States.
15
January 2014 Statistics Finland studies
immigrants
The data collection for the Survey on work and well-being among
persons of foreign origin started on 13 January 2014. This is the
largest survey carried out in Finland concerning the entire
population with immigrant background.
8
January 2014 Finland reports to the UNFCCC
Statistics Finland has compiled the sixth National Communication
and the first Biennial Report about the implementation of the
UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol in Finland. The reports have been
submitted to the Climate Convention Secretariat on 1 January
2014.
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Last updated 7.1.2015