2007
31.12.2007 Women and Men in Finland
2007
How does women's and men's
education differ? And what about their time use? The up-to-date
pocket statistics give a concise overview into the lives of women
and men in Finland.
19 December
2007 Release Calendar 2008
Release dates have been published for official statistics in
2008
4 December
2007 90-year-old independent Finland and its
people
Eighteen of the 200 children who were born on 6 December 1917 are
still alive and celebrate their 90th birthday on the same day as
Finland celebrates the 90th anniversary of independence. In the
course of this jubilee year Statistics Finland has published a
series of articles describing how Finnish society has developed and
what it looks like today in the light of statistics.
12 November 2007
Education in Finland: more education for more
people
In the early years of independence, the challenge was to guarantee
primary school education to all children. In today's Finland,
already 85 per cent of young adults have completed a
post-comprehensive level qualification.
2 November
2007 Practices of Statistics Finland receive
international recognition
The practices of Statistics Finland have received good scores from
an international team of assessors. The assessment formed part of
the peer review on the implementation of the European Statistics
Code of Practice covering all countries within the European
Statistical System.
1 November 2007
Statistics Finland is awarded for promoting occupational
well-being
Statistics Finland has been
awarded as this year's best developer of the work community among
Finnish State offices and institutions. The award was granted in
recognition of sustained and fruitful work on improving
occupational well-being, human resources management and especially
the system of leadership and supervisory work.
30 October
2007 Finland ranks first among the Nordic countries in
tertiary level education
According to
the recently published Nordic Statistical Yearbook, Finland ranks
first among the Nordic countries in the number of students in
tertiary level education. Nearly one-fifth of Finns aged 20 to 39
study at the tertiary level, while the corresponding share in the
other Nordic countries is only about 15 per cent.
17 October
2007 A century of motoring in Finland
The first automobiles were bought into the country in 1900. At the
end of 2006, there were nearly three million automobiles in Finland
and a total of 52.2 billion kilometres were driven with them.
24 September
2007 From hand-cranked connections to hands-free mobile
calls - history of telecommunications in Finland seen through
statistics
Statistics on telecommunications reveal that despite their
reputation of being reticent, the Finns have been among the
forerunners in the world in the use of the telephone.
6 August
2007 Labour disputes in independent Finland
Labour disputes started to become common in Finland at the eve of
independence. The general strike of 1956 was one of the most
significant events in the domestic politics of post-war
Finland.
10 July 2007 The Finns'
consumption has multiplied during the last century
Present-day Finns acquire eleven times more goods and services than
the Finns of the first half of the previous century. Simultaneously
the structure of consumption has changed entirely. Especially
leisure-time consumption has increased.
30 June 2007
Enterprises-Pocket Statistics
Diverse statistical information about the structure and development
of the enterprise sector. In addition to information on small and
medium-sized enterprises, Enterprises-Pocket statistics offers
information also on enterprises in the manufacturing and service
industries and the ICT and information sector.
19 June
2007 From villa ownership to national leisure-time
activity
Spending time at the summer cottage became a pastime for the entire
population in Finland only in the 1950s. In 2006 there were nearly
half a million summer cottages in Finland.
18 June
2007 Director General of Statistics Finland becomes
Chairperson of Conference of European Statisticians
Ms Heli Jeskanen-Sundström, Director General of Statistics Finland,
has been elected as Chairperson of the Conference of European
Statistics and its Bureau.
8 June
2007 Benchmarking promotes the quality of
statistics
Sweden and Finland have made a joint benchmarking study of each
other's statistics production. The study promotes diffusion of best
practices and knowledge sharing.
5 June 2007 Extend
your knowledge about Finland!
Statistics Finland's Finland in Figures is a
pocket-size compact information package about Finland and
Finns.
4 June
2007 The Tools for Learning online service for studying
and teaching
Service contains e-learning resources, tips on statistics by
subject as well as plenty of other useful information for teachers
and students.
22 May 2007
Update of Statistics Finland's Internet pages
underway
Statistics Finland's Internet pages will be updated during 2007.
During the first phase the basic functionalities of the pages have
been enhanced and the visual look has been redesigned. Take a look
and give us your feedback.
15 May
2007 The growing years of Finland's industrial
production
Throughout Finland's independence, industrial production has been a
vital generator of economic growth in the country. The growth of
Finland's industrial output has clearly exceeded the average
respective growth in other industrialised countries.
10 May
2007 IBS Newsletter: special report on tourism
The April IBS Newsletter contains an extensive special report on
tourism in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and
Croatia. In addition, the Newsletter contains the regular items on
the recent economic development in Russia and the Baltic States as
well as Central and Western Europe.
16 April
2007 Books in Finland: A Success Story
Books have been published in Finland since the 17th century.
Currently 13,000-14,000 book titles are published in Finland every
year. Book publishing is characterised by the large proportion of
non-fiction works and the strong position of Finnish
literature.
23 March
2007 Timber, fossil fuels, nuclear power
- read about the changes in the use and sources of energy in
Finland 1917-2007
19
March 2007 Parliamentary elections 2007 - background
information on the candidates and elected MPs
Of the 2,004 candidates in the Parliamentary elections, 40 per cent
were women. Two per cent of the candidates came from foreign
backgrounds. More information on e.g. the age, family type and
income of the candidates is available in the overview produced by
Statistics Finland.
12 March 2007 New
index for orders in manufacturing
Statistics Finland has started to publish an index for new orders
in manufacturing. The index provides rapid and reliable information
about changes in the value of new orders. It can also indicate how
production and turnover are likely to develop in future.
7 February 2007 New SuomiCD
- depicting Finland by area
The newly released SuomiCD 2006 draws thorough depictions of
Finland's population by area. Would you like to know what kinds of
people and households live in and around Finland? You can find out
this and much more by studying the exhaustive data on the SuomiCD
by postal code area or municipality, or by geographic areas summed
up from them.
20 January
2007 Finland 1917-2007: From slash-and-burn fields to
post-industrial society
When Finland gained its independence it had a population of 3.1
million people. Now, 90 years on, the Finnish population numbers
5.3 million. The population structure is, however, radically
different. Radical changes are also visible in the industrial
structure.
18 January
2007 90-year-old Finland on the global map of
states
This year marks the 90th anniversary of Finnish independence. How
old are the states Finland celebrates its anniversary with? What is
Finland's position in the age distribution of the states? Through
the 12 months of the anniversary year, Statistics Finland will
publish examples of what the development of our society and its
current situation look like in the light of statistics.
3 January
2007 Construction and Housing online service
The Construction and Housing online service is based on the data
content of the Construction and Housing Yearbook. This chargeable
service provides information on the construction industry as an
extensive compilation of Excel tables and statistical graphs.
Last updated 3.1.2008