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 in the Products and services section.
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 (finlex.fi, pdf). 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