Examples of services subject to charge
- statistical databases subject to charge
- statistical and register data compiled to order
- datasets compiled for research use
- interview and data collection services
- training, lecture and consulting services
Statistics Finland receives the majority of its funding from the national budget. All statistical data produced with funding from the national budget are available free of charge on our web pages. Provision of small-scale guidance and information services is also free of charge.
Our free data are not sufficient for the needs of all users. Services that meet these special needs are subject to a charge.
Statistics Finland's charged activity is steered by the
- Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State (finlex.fi)
- Decree on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State (finlex.fi)
- Decree of the Ministry of Finance Concerning the Charge Criteria of the Performances of Statistics Finland (in Finnish, finlex.fi).
What types of services are subject to charge?
Services subject to charge are those which
- provide data that are not produced with funding from the budget
- require editing or tailoring of data
- demand more working time from experts than small-scale guidance
- cause delivery, printing or copying costs.
The prices of individual services can be found on the web page of each service.