About the site

The web service is available in Finnish, Swedish and English. The contents are limited in Swedish and English. The contents of the language versions may differ.

The front page contains links to the latest statistical data that are updated on weekdays at 8 am. The release times are given in advance in the release calendar. The front page also comprises topical news, updated key figures and shortcuts to Statistics Finland's key services.

The Statistical data section comprises statistics by topic.

The Surveys and data collections section provides information about data collections carried out by Statistics Finland and gives instructions to respondents.

The Products and services section includes information on Statistics Finland's service selection, such as research services, interview services and information service. The section also contains a wide array of statistical services, such as databases and indicator services.

The Metadata section contains classifications and definitions of the concepts used in the statistics. The section also includes information on statistical data protection and data protection descriptions.

The About us section presents Statistics Finland as an organisation and describes the agency's national and international cooperation network.  The section has the latest news,  information on coming events, and information on topical themes.

The web service works with the most common browser versions. The website is responsive and its content gets scaled according to the terminal device.

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The attachment files in the web service are mostly in PDF and xlsx format (Excel). For reading PDF files you need a specific reader program, which can be downloaded free from the Adobe website.

Part of the web service contents can be subscribed to as RSS feeds. The feeds are available in Finnish, Swedish and English. The contents of the language versions may differ.

Publications: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/publications.rss

Statistical releases by topic

• Agriculture, forestry and fishery: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/agriculture-forestry-and-fishery.rss
• Culture, media and time use: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/culture-media-and-time-use.rss
• Digitalisation: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/digitalisation.rss
• Education and research: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/education-and-research.rss
• Energy: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/energy.rss
• Enterprises: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/enterprises.rss
• Environment and nature: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/environment-and-nature.rss
• Health and social protection: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/health-and-social-protection.rss
• Housing and construction: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/housing-and-construction.rss
• National economy: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/national-economy.rss
• Population and society: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/population-and-society.rss
• Prices and consumption: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/prices-and-consumption.rss
• Transport and tourism: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/transport-and-tourism.rss
• Work, wages and livelihood: https://stat.fi/api/rss/en/work-wages-and-livelihood.rss

The interfaces offered by Statistics Finland to open data users can all be found on the Open data pages.

The state of accessibility of Statistics Finland's different web services has been described in the accessibility statement of each service.

• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland’s web service
• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland's PxWeb databases
• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland's data collection forms
• Accessibility statement for the table service of Statistics Finland’s publications
• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland's Otos publication archive
• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland Finna
• Accessibility statement for the Taika research data catalogue
• Accessibility statement for Statistics Finland's licence service

Further information about the accessibility of Statistics Finland's web services is available by email at saavutettavuus@stat.fi.

Statistics Finland's data protection descriptions can be found in Finnish and Swedish on the Data protection descriptions page.

• Data protection descriptions of statistical data
• Data protection descriptions of research data
• Data protection descriptions of customer and stakeholder registers

Unless otherwise separately stated in connection with the product, data or service concerned, Statistics Finland is the producer of the data and the owner of the copyright. Most of the data on our websites can be freely used provided that Statistics Finland is quoted as the source. However, the use of photographs and illustrative images elsewhere is not allowed.

The aim is to keep the contents of the web service correct and timely. We invest in the reliability of the web service, but there may be technical problems in the web service. Statistics Finland is not responsible for any costs or damages that may be caused by possible errors or technical problems.

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