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Key indicators 

The Finnish key sustainable development indicators are listed below. You can download the graphs as powerpoint slides here.

Finnish key sustainable development indicators.ppt (1690 kB)

 

Strategy headline Indicator
The strengths and challenges of sustainable development in Finland
  • Environmental Performance Index
  • Human Development Index
Balance between use and protection of natural resources
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Total energy consumption
  • Use of renewable energy sources
  • Endangered species
  • Energy and natural resource consumption in relation to economic growth
  • Environmental loading in relation to economic growth
  • Development of total material requirement
  • Proportion of household expenditures on services
  • Eutrophicating discharges into Baltic Sea
Sustainable communities in a sustainable regional structure
  • Relative change in population in different regions
  • Distance of certain services from homes
  • Economic dependency ratio by province
  • Service satisfaction of citizens
  • Development of public and passenger car transport
Citizens - well-being throughout the entire life cycle
  • Life expectancy at birth
  • Expected retirement age
  • Occupational diseases and accidents
  • Population development by age group
  • People with low employment potential
  • Immediate placement of 9th grade students in further studies
  • Per capita alcohol consumption and deaths attributable to alcohol
  • Employment rate for immigrants and number of non-Finnish speaking   schoolchildren
  • Participation of 14-year olds in social organisational work
  • Voting activity
The economy as a safeguard for sustainable development
  • GDP per inhabitant
  • Economic dependency ratio
  • Public debt in relation to GDP divided into state and municipal shares of debt
  • Number of umployed and unemployment rate
  • Finland's competiveness in relation to other OECD countries assessed in terms of relative cost of work unit
Finland as a global actor
  • Official Development Aid
  • Direct investments from Finland in other countries
Supporting sustainable choices
  • Research and development expenditure and patenting

 

8/5/2010 (Updated)
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