http://www.stat.fi Latest statistical releases from Statistics Finland en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2011/11/rlv_2011_11_2012-02-13_tie_001_en.html The turnover of construction enterprises grew by 10.4 per cent in the September to November period when compared with the corresponding three-month period of the year before. In the latest examination period, the turnover of building construction went up by 12.4 per cent and that of specialised construction by 10.6 per cent. The turnover of civil engineering grew by 4.1 per cent. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2011/11/rlv_2011_11_2012-02-13_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2011/12/ktps_2011_12_2012-02-13_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 3.8 per cent greater in the past October to December period than in the corresponding period twelve months earlier. In the October to December period one year ago, the wages and salaries sum grew by 3.7 per cent. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2011/12/ktps_2011_12_2012-02-13_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2012/01/rki_2012_01_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html Building costs were 2.8 per cent higher in January 2012 than in January 2011. Labour costs in construction rose by 2.1 per cent, prices of materials by 2.6 per cent and prices of other inputs by 5.1 per cent per year. This is indicated by the Building Cost Index of Statistics Finland 2010=100. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2012/01/rki_2012_01_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/pvaa/2012/02/pvaa_2012_02_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html In the second round of the Presidential election Sauli Niinistö clearly defeated his rival candidate Pekka Haavisto. The total number of votes cast for Niinistö was 1,802,328, which is 62.6 per cent of all votes cast. Pekka Haavisto, the runner-up, received 1,077,425 votes, that is, 37.4 per cent of all votes cast. Sauli Niinistö received 724,903 more votes than Pekka Haavisto in the second round of the elections. Compared with the first round of the election, the number of votes cast for Niinistö grew by 671,074 votes (by 25.6 percentage points) and that for Haavisto by 503,150 votes (by 18.6 percentage points). The data are based on Statistics Finland's statistics on the confirmed election result from the second round of the Presidential election 2012. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/pvaa/2012/02/pvaa_2012_02_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2011/12/ttvi_2011_12_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, output of total industries adjusted for working days was 2.0 per cent higher in December 2011 than twelve months earlier. According to preliminary data, industrial output grew by just short of one per cent in 2011. Industrial output was on level with 2005 last year. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ttvi/2011/12/ttvi_2011_12_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2011/12/teul_2011_12_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the value of new orders in manufacturing was 16.6 per cent lower in December 2011 than twelve months earlier. December 2010 was very strong particularly as concerns orders in the metal industry and it partly explains the decrease in new orders in manufacturing in December. In 2011, new orders increased by 9.7 per cent from 2010. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/teul/2011/12/teul_2011_12_2012-02-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2011/11/ktkk_2011_11_2012-02-07_tie_001_en.html Seasonally adjusted output grew by 0.7 per cent in November from the month before. Adjusted for working days, output went up by 1.3 per cent from the level of the previous year's corresponding month. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ktkk/2011/11/ktkk_2011_11_2012-02-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2012/01/merek_2012_01_2012-02-06_tie_001_en.html In January 2012 a total of 20,289 new motor vehicles were registered, of which 15,864 were automobiles. First registrations increased by 0.3 per cent from the corresponding month of the previous year. In January the number of new passenger cars registered was 14,263, which was 3.4 per cent up from the year before. The share of new diesel-driven passenger cars was 41.3 per cent. These data are based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency and they have been produced by Statistics Finland. The numbers are exclusive of the vehicles on the Åland Islands. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/merek/2012/01/merek_2012_01_2012-02-06_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/smat/2011/12/smat_2011_12_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html In December Finnish residents set off abroad and their trips with overnight stay in the destination country numbered close on 300,000. The destination of every fourth of these trips was the Canary Islands. Finnish residents made nearly 120,000 cruises in December. Leisure trips in Finland with paid ac-commodation remained on level with the previous year. The regions favoured in December were Uusimaa and North Ostrobothnia. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/smat/2011/12/smat_2011_12_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kktu/2010/kktu_2010_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html The productivity of municipalities and joint municipal boards weakened in education and health care in 2010. In the previous year productivity improved slightly in both industries. This is indicated by Statistics Finland's Statistics on local government productivity. Productivity fell by one per cent in education and by close on one-and-a-half per cent in health care. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kktu/2010/kktu_2010_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/asvu/2011/04/asvu_2011_04_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html During the last quarter of 2011, the year-on-year increase in rents was 2.9 per cent. The rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 3.1 per cent in the whole country. In the Greater Helsinki Area the rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by 3.6 per cent and in the rest of Finland by 2.8 per cent. The rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 2.6 per cent in the whole country. Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised dwellings increased by an average of 1.2 per cent and the rents of government subsidised dwellings by 0.4 per cent. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/asvu/2011/04/asvu_2011_04_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tvt/2010/tvt_2010_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html In 2010 direct taxes and payments paid by income earners totalled EUR 25.3 billion, which was four per cent more than one year earlier. The amount of taxes on capital income grew most, by 33 per cent from the year before. In contrast, taxes paid on earned income went down by 4.6 per cent from the previous year. Municipal tax grew by 3.5 per cent and sickness insurance contributions by 23 per cent. Payments of municipal tax amounted to EUR 15.6 billion, taxes on earned income to EUR 5.1 billion and taxes on capital income to EUR 1.7 billion. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tvt/2010/tvt_2010_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ati/2011/04/ati_2011_04_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, the nominal earnings of wage and salary earners rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December 2011 when compared with the respective period in 2010. Real earnings fell by 0.3 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year, because the rise in consumer prices was faster than that in earnings level in the fourth quarter of 2011. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ati/2011/04/ati_2011_04_2012-02-03_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2011/10/tlv_2011_10_2012-02-02_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, turnover in manufacturing in the August to October period was 6.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the year before. Domestic sales grew by 8.2 per cent and export turnover by 4.8 per cent from one year ago. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tlv/2011/10/tlv_2011_10_2012-02-02_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vtp/2010/vtp_2010_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands revised preliminary data, Finlands gross domestic product grew by 3.7 per cent in 2010. In 2008, gross domestic product grew by 0.3 per cent and in 2009 it contracted by 8.4 per cent. The growth previously estimated for 2010 was 3.6 per cent. Previous estimates gave the growth for 2008 as 1.0 per cent and the contraction for 2009 as 8.2 per cent. Thus, the economic downturn was slightly deeper than previously estimated. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vtp/2010/vtp_2010_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/jmete/2010/jmete_2010_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html Total general government expenditure grew by 3.1 per cent in 2010. In 2009, total expenditure grew by 5.7 per cent and in 2008 by 7.3 per cent. The share of total general government expenditure of gross domestic product (GDP) was 55.5 per cent in 2010, in other words slightly down on 2009 when it was 56.1 per cent. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/jmete/2010/jmete_2010_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/rtp/2011/03/rtp_2011_03_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html In the third quarter of 2011, households net financial assets decreased by EUR 10.3 billion from the previous quarter. A fall of corresponding size was last seen when the financial crisis was peaking in the last quarter of 2008. There were two main underlying reasons for the decline. Households borrowing was growing steadily while at the same time share prices continued to fall. Households net financial assets, or the difference between financial assets and liabilities, amounted to EUR 87.5 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2011. These data derive from Statistics Finlands financial accounts statistics. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/rtp/2011/03/rtp_2011_03_2012-01-31_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2012/01/kbar_2012_01_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html The consumer confidence indicator stood at 3.4 in January, having been 0.4 in December and 1.5 in November 2011. In last years January the confidence indicator received the value 16.6. The long-term average for the confidence indicator is 13.0. The data are based on Statistics Finlands Consumer Survey, for which 1,532 people resident in Finland were interviewed between 2 and 19 January. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kbar/2012/01/kbar_2012_01_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2011/12/kivih_2011_12_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, nearly 28 per cent less hard coal was used as fuel in power and heat production in 2011 than in the year before. Its total consumption as fuel in the generation of electricity and heat amounted to 4.2 million tonnes, corresponding to 106 petajoules in energy content. In the last quarter of the year, consumption of hard coal amounted to around 0.9 million tonnes, which was 54 per cent less than one year earlier. Use of hard coal decreased in plants of separate production of electricity, which consumed 47 less of it than a year earlier in 2010. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kivih/2011/12/kivih_2011_12_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ras/2011/11/ras_2011_11_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html In November 2011, building permits were granted for a total of around 2.6 million cubic metres, which is 19.4 per cent less than one year ago. This is indicated by Statistics Finlands preliminary data from statistics on building and dwelling production. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ras/2011/11/ras_2011_11_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2011/12/ashi_2011_12_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats and terraced houses fell by 1.3 per cent in the whole country in December 2011 compared with the previous month. In Greater Helsinki prices fell by 2.6 per cent and in the rest of Finland by 0.2 per cent. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2011/12/ashi_2011_12_2012-01-27_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aly/2011/03/aly_2011_03_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the number of enterprise openings decreased by nearly 25 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 from the respective quarter of the year before. Examined by industry, the number of enterprise openings was highest in trade and by region in Uusimaa. In the second quarter of 2011, the number of enterprise closures was up by 6.3 per cent on the corresponding quarter of the year before. Examined by industry, the number of enterprise closures was highest in trade and by region in Uusimaa. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aly/2011/03/aly_2011_03_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/pvaa/2012/01/pvaa_2012_01_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html In the first round of the Presidential election, the two candidates who received the highest numbers of votes were Sauli Niinistö and Pekka Haavisto. Sauli Niinistö, the candidate of the National Coalition Party received 1,131,254 votes, thus winning the first round with 37.0 per cent of all votes cast. Pekka Haavisto, the candidate of the Green League was second in the first round of the Presidential election with 18.8 per cent of all votes cast. He gained 574,275 votes. The difference between the two candidates with most votes cast was 556,979 votes and 18.2 percentage points. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/pvaa/2012/01/pvaa_2012_01_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2011/opiskt_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html The total number of students in education leading to a qualification or degree was 1.25 million in 2011. Preliminary data on 2011 indicate that the number of students remained unchanged in comparison with the previous year. The number of students decreased in comprehensive school and upper secondary general school education, but increased in vocational and polytechnic education. No significant changes took place in university education. These data derive from the education statistics compiled by Statistics Finland. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2011/opiskt_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2011/tyti_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, unemployment turned to decline in 2011. In 2011, the annual average of the unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent, having been 8.4 per cent in 2010. At the same time, employment also improved slightly. These data derive from updated time series tables of the Labour Force Survey. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2011/tyti_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tjt/2010/02/tjt_2010_02_2012-01-25_tie_001_en.html There were 706,000 low income earners in Finland in 2010. The low income rate, or the proportion of low income earners in total population, was 13.3 per cent. From 2007 to 2010, the number of low income earners stayed at around 700,000 and the low income rate fluctuated between 13.1 and 13.5 per cent. Thus, the past few years have seen the end to the prolonged trend of growth that had continued since the mid-1990s. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tjt/2010/02/tjt_2010_02_2012-01-25_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2011/12/klv_2011_12_2012-01-25_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands retail trade flash estimate, retail trade sales increased by 4.3 per cent in December 2011 from December 2010. Over the same time period, the volume of sales grew by 1.8 per cent. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/klv/2011/12/klv_2011_12_2012-01-25_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2011/12/tyti_2011_12_2012-01-24_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in December was 192,000, which was 13,000 lower than one year before. The unemployment rate in December 2011 was 7.4 per cent, having been 7.9 per cent twelve months earlier. There were 14,000 more employed persons than in December of the previous year. The unemployment rate in the fourth quarter (October to December) was 6.9 per cent, which was 0.6 percentage points lower than in the respective quarter of 2010. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2011/12/tyti_2011_12_2012-01-24_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/velk/2010/velk_2010_2012-01-20_tie_002_en.html During a decade, household-dwelling units debts have gone up by clearly more than their income. In 2010, household-dwelling units with debt rate of indebtedness, i.e. ratio of debts to disposable income, was 156 per cent, having been 108 per cent in 2002. In 2009, the rate of indebtedness was 153 per cent. Outstanding debts of household-dwelling units with debt grew by 4.9 per cent and their disposable monetary income by 2.6 per cent in 2010. Except for the youngest ones, household-dwelling units rate of indebtedness rose from the previous year in all age groups. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/velk/2010/velk_2010_2012-01-20_tie_002_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ton/2011/12/ton_2011_12_2012-01-19_tie_001_en.html According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, 510 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in December. In them, 34 persons were killed and 632 persons injured. The number of persons killed was 12 higher and that of persons injured 56 higher than in December 2010. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ton/2011/12/ton_2011_12_2012-01-19_tie_001_en.html