Adoptions
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Statistics on adoptions describe adoptions confirmed in court and data related to adoptions, such as type of adoption, municipality of residence of the adopting family, population data on adoptive child and adoptive parents. The data are obtained from the Population Information System and published once a year.
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Adoptions by age of the adopted in 1987 to 2023
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Adoptions by area of birth of the adopted in 1987 to 2023
Adoptions according to adoptive parents in 1999 to 2023
Persons adopted from abroad by area of birth and sex in 1987 to 2023
Documentation
Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.
Go to documentation of the statisticsReferencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Adoptions [online publication].
ISSN=1797-738X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 19.5.2025].
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