Science, Technology and Information Society
Contents
- Research and development expenditure
- Use of information and communications technology by individuals
- E-commerce of enterprises
- Prevalence of equipment and connections in households
Research and development expenditure

1) Incl. private non-profit sector
2) Estimate based on survey responses and other calculations
Source: Statistics Finland, Research and development
Updated: 11.1.2021
Use of information and communications technology by individuals
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of population aged 16 to 89 | ||||||
Internet users 1) | 86 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 92 |
Uses the Internet several times per day | 67 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 82 |
Smartphone 2) in own use | 69 | 72 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 87 |
Made online purchases 1) | 45 | 44 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 54 |
1) In the past three months
2) A mobile phone with internet access and a touch screen
Source: Statistics Finland, Science, Technology and Information Society
Updated: 5.1.2021
E-commerce of enterprises 1)
E-commerce sales | EDI sales 2) | E-commerce, total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
€ billion | % 3) | € billion | % 3) | € billion | % 3) | |
2006 | 14 | 5,2 | 26 | 9,6 | 40 | 14,8 |
2007 | 17 | 6,1 | 29 | 10,0 | 46 | 16,1 |
2008 | 18 | 6,1 | 33 | 10,9 | 51 | 17,0 |
2009 | 15 | 6,1 | 29 | 11,6 | 44 | 17,8 |
2010 | 17 | 6,4 | 36 | 13,2 | 53 | 19,6 |
2011 | 19 | 6,7 | 34 | 11,7 | 53 | 18,5 |
2012 | 12 | 3,8 | 38 | 12,3 | 50 | 16,1 |
2013 | 15 | 5,0 | 44 | 14,3 | 59 | 19,2 |
2014 | 15 | 4,6 | 52 | 16,4 | 67 | 21,0 |
2015 | 17 | 5,8 | 47 | 16,0 | 64 | 21,8 |
2016 | 18 | 6,2 | 42 | 14,4 | 60 | 20,6 |
2017 | 19 | 6,0 | 47 | 14,7 | 66 | 20,7 |
2018 | 23 | 6,6 | 56 | 16,2 | 79 | 22,8 |
1) Excl, enterprises with under 10 employees
2) Electronic data interchange between organizations (EDI)
3) % of turnover
Source: Statistics Finland, Use of information technology in enterprises
Updated: 19.12.2019
Prevalence of equipment and connections in households 1)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of households | ||||||
Flat screen TV | 76 | 81 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 |
Full HD TV | 41 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 62 |
Smart TV | . . | 19 | 24 | 30 | 34 | . . |
TV pay card | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
IPTV | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 25 |
Home theatre | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 |
Digital camera 2) | 67 | 63 | 60 | 56 | 50 | 47 |
Camera copter | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | . . |
PC | 90 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 91 |
Laptop | 77 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 81 |
Tablet | 22 | 39 | 51 | 56 | 59 | 61 |
Printer or scanner | 60 | 60 | 61 | 58 | 60 | 58 |
Mobile broadband | 53 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 73 |
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) | 50 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 70 |
Wearable smart device | . . | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | . . |
Landline telephone (subscription) | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Smartphone | 60 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 87 | 90 |
GPS tracking device in car | 31 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 |
1) The age of the household target person is between 15 and 74
2) Incl. digital video camera
Source: Statistics Finland, Consumer Survey
Updated: 28.12.2018
Main topic: Science, Technology and Information Society
Last updated 11 Jan 2021