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3. Buildings by heating fuel 1970-2009

Fuel Year
  1970 1980 1990 2000 2009
Buildings total 837 948 934 845 1 162 410 1 299 490 1 433 980
District- /localheat .. 48 538 105 608 130 946 161 631
Oil, gas 320 171 347 498 306 750 320 934 322 584
Coal, coke 24 328 11 794 8 753 7 986 7 026
Electricity 41 872 178 707 357 743 455 752 547 307
Wood, peat 429 467 327 230 321 342 292 763 277 934
Other, unknown 22 111 20 578 62 214 91 243 117 498
% 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
District- /localheat .. 5,2 9,1 10,1 11,3
Oil, gas 38,2 37,2 26,4 24,7 22,5
Coal, coke 2,9 1,3 0,8 0,6 0,5
Electricity 5,0 19,1 30,8 35,1 38,2
Wood, peat 51,3 35,0 27,6 22,5 19,4
Other, unknown 2,6 2,2 5,4 7,0 8,2

Source: Buildings and Free-time Residences, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marja Hermiö (09) 1734 3211, Arja Tiihonen (09) 1734 3272, Elina Aspblad-Huohvanainen (09) 1734 3232, asuminen@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 28.5.2010

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Buildings and free-time residences [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6796. 2009, 3. Buildings by heating fuel 1970-2009 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rakke/2009/rakke_2009_2010-05-28_tau_003_en.html