Introducing Statistics Finland Study visit of State Statistical Service of Ukraine September 2015 / Ari Tyrkkö

Finland Population 5,45 million Population density 18,0 / km² Area ,73 km² Water 10 % Official languages Finnish and Swedish Sources: Statistics Finland, National Land Survey of Finland Source: Tyrkkö 1

Statistics Finland － Founded in 4 October 1865 － Number of staff 832 in 2014 － Location in Helsinki － Around 650 releases/year Tyrkkö2

Some milestones in the history of statistics compilation 1748“Tabellverket” is established in Sweden 1749Compilation of first population statistics 1865The Statistical Office of Finland is founded on 4 October Publication of the first Statistical Yearbook of Finland 1921The Cost-of-Living Index is published for the first time 1948Calculation of gross national income begins 1990Finland carries out a register-based Population Census as the 2 nd country in the world Tyrkkö

Strategy and operational environment of Statistics Finland

Strategic objectives Tyrkkö Finances  Stable budget development  Improvement of productivity  Reliability of statistics  Usability of data  Good service to researchers Customers  Healthy work community  Competent personnel  Renewing modes of work and procedures Human resources  Standardisation of processes  Commitment to quality Processes Reliable statistical data flexibly for users' changing information needs Vision

Values of Statistics Finland － Impartiality － Openness － Continuous development － Appreciation Tyrkkö

Tyrkkö Statistics Finland’s tasks are to － Compile statistics and reports concerning social conditions － Co-ordinate the National Statistical Service

Major acts and degrees in statistics － Statistics Act － Statistics Finland Act and Decree on Statistics Finland － Personal Data Act － Act on the Openness of Government Activities － Act and Degree on the Charge Criteria of the State － Statistical regulations of the EU Tyrkkö

Statistical ethics － The International Statistical Institute’s Declaration of Professional Ethics － The UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics － European Statistics Code of Practice on EU statistics － Statistics Finland Guidelines on Professional Ethics Tyrkkö

Statistics Finland’s position and stakeholder groups Tyrkkö

The National Statistical Service and Official Statistics of Finland － The National Statistical Service is a co-operative network of 13 organisations that produces statistics － Statistics Finland develops and coordinate the National Statistical Service － Official Statistics of Finland (OSF) comprise regularly published key statistics on society Tyrkkö

Statistics Finland’s organisation, operation and resources

Tyrkkö Standards and Methods Population and Social Statistics Economic and Environmental Statistics Business Statistics Information Services Office of Director General Administration Information Technology Data Collection

Personnel Total number of personnel (fte) – of which monthly salary of which interviewers Proportion of women, % Average age, years Tyrkkö14

Process: Data collection for statistics － The majority of the basic data are from administrative registers － Direct data collections from citizens or enterprises are used when data cannot be otherwise obtained –from enterprises electronic or postal inquiries –from private citizens and households personal or telephone interviews, or postal/electronic inquiries –mixed mode under development － Statistics Finland has around 100 interviewers working in different parts of the country and in the telephone interviewing centre Tyrkkö15

Process: Production of statistics － Annually about 190 different statistics on 26 topics － New statistical data are released comprehensively and free-of-charge on the Internet. Roughly 700 releases are made per year － Each set of statistics has its own homepage containing the releases, reviews, tables and figures of the statistics as well as information on data collection methodology and data sources, etc. － All data collected for statistical purposes must be kept confidential (excl. data decreed public by the Act on the Openness of Government Activities and the Statistics Act) Tyrkkö16

Evaluation of statistics － Quality of processes is assessed with: –Quality indicators (e.g. revisions, non-response) –Self-evaluations – auditing of statistics –Peer reviews of statistical offices –International auditing (e.g. OECD, Eurostat, IMF) － Quality of products is described in the Internet service with: –Quality descriptions –Methodological descriptions Tyrkkö17

Tyrkkö Familiarity of Statistics Finland 1975–2013 Source: Taloustutkimus Oy

Tyrkkö Thank You!