Charging basis and prices

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. Products and 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).

Charged products and services

Products and services subject to a charge are mainly such that

cause editorial, printing or copying costs
require editing or tailoring of data
demand more working time from experts than small-scale guidance.

The prices of individual products and services can be found on the web page of each service.

Examples of charged products and services

Custom editing of datasets and services related to datasets
Database services for individual customers
Interview and data collection services
Training, lecture and consulting services
Copies of death certificates for research and statistical purposes
Address and data selections from registers
Ready-made datasets and user licences intended for research use

Hourly and daily charges for work

If a price has not been specified for a service, its price is determined at an hourly rate according to the number of hours worked. The prices are exclusive of value added tax (25.5%).

Hourly prices for work

Statistical expert's work and statistical methodological work EUR 115 per hour
Interview work EUR 35 per hour
Other work EUR 75 to 140 per hour, depending on how demanding work is involved

Daily charge for consulting work

The price exclusive of VAT for a full day of consulting is EUR 920. This also includes preparation work.

Travel and material expenses are invoiced separately.

Prices of copies

Statistics Finland produces a copying service in line with the Act on the Openness of Government Activities. The price of the service is determined as an hourly charge according to the number of hours worked. The prices are exclusive of value added tax (25.5%).

If the work takes more than 15 minutes, it is charged as follows, depending on how demanding work is involved:

EUR 85 to 115 for the first hour
An additional charge of EUR 42.50 to 57.50 for every started 30 minutes.