Statistics Finland's operations are funded with appropriations from the national budget, income from the agency's charged activities, and with funding received from other government authorities and the EU. In 2010 seventy three per cent of the funding came as appropriations for operating expenses, that is, from the national budget. Revenue from charged activities made up 14 per cent and external financing four per cent of the total funds available.
At the end of 2010, the personnel of Statistics Finland numbered 989. The number of staff-years totalled 841, of which interviewers in data collection accounted for 121. Women made up 66 per cent of the total personnel of whom 65 per cent had at least lowest level tertiary or university qualification.
Key indicators on Statistics Finland's operations 2009–2010
| 2009 EUR 1,000 |
2010 EUR 1,000 |
|
| FINANCING | 63,499 | 61,433 |
| Appropriations for operating expenses | 46,072 | 44,566 |
| Appropriations carried forward from previous years | 5,698 | 5,864 |
| Revenue from operations subject to charge | 9,238 | 8,788 |
| External financing | 2,491 | 2,215 |
| EXPENSES | 57,666 | 56,212 |
| Transfer to the next year | 5,864 | 5,221 |
| Circulation of publications, number | 29,000 | 24,000 |
| Statistical releases, number | 647 | 610 |
| HTML text pages on the Internet, number | 120,000 | 119,000 |
| Personnel, staff-years | 876 | 841 |
Last updated 4.5.2011
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