Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Finland
- Data from June 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: August 2017.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Finland.
Main statistical findings
With 45.5 % of the population aged 30 to 34 having completed tertiary educational attainment in 2015, Finland continued to exceed its national target of 42 %. However, its target is defined more narrowly than the EU target as it excludes former tertiary Vocational Education and Training (VET). With a share of renewable energy in final energy consumption of 38.7 %, Finland exceeded its national 2020 commitment by 0.7 percentage points in 2014. The primary energy consumption of the country amounted to 33.4 Mtoe in 2014, which was below the respective national target of 35.9 Mtoe. Despite having the highest R&D intensity across the EU (3.17 % of GDP), in 2014 the country remained at a 0.83 percentage distance from its very ambitious national target. Finland’s employment rate fell from 75.8 % in 2008 to 72.9 % in 2015, thus moving away from the national target of 78 %. Progress towards the target on early leavers from education and training has been somewhat slow since 2008, with a gap of 1.2 percentage points remaining in 2015. Despite a notable 10 percentage point reduction in GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors between the ESD base year and 2012, the gap to the national target remained larger than in most other EU countries.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s growth and jobs strategy for the current decade, striving to pave the way to a smart, sustainable and inclusive future. The strategy envisages measures to overcome the economic crisis and move beyond it by addressing the structural weaknesses in the European economic model. The final objective is to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics