The concepts described on these pages are words and expressions used in statistics with a specific, limited meaning. In everyday speech the word may have a different meaning. In connection with each definition you can find information about which sets of statistics use the concept.

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Activity data

Data on the volume of human activity causing emissions or removals during a given time period. For example, in the energy sector the annual activity data for fuel combustion describe the total amount of fuel burned. Annual activity data for methane emissions from enteric fermentation describe the total number of raised animals by species.



Validity of the definition

  • 1 January 1900 - 20 October 2021

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

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