Statistics Finland ( fi, Tilastokeskus, sv, Statistikcentralen) is the national statistical institution in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, established in 1865 to serve as an information service and to provide

statistic A statistic (singular) or sample statistic is any quantity computed from values in a sample which is considered for a statistical purpose. Statistical purposes include estimating a population parameter, describing a sample, or evaluating a hypo ...

s and expertise in the

statistical sciences Statistics (from German: ''Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industria ...

. The institution employs more than 800 experts from varying fields. The institution is led by Director General Markus Sovala.

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* 1865 establishments in Finland

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