Helsinki Facts and Figures 2024 – Pocket statistics published in three languages

The pocket-size publication is a collection of indicators related to topics including the environment, population, housing and construction, education, economy, transport, tourism and administration.

The updated edition has now been released in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Some samples from the pocket statistics:

• Almost 34% of the land area in Helsinki consists of green areas administrated by the City. There are 71 conservation areas with a combined surface area of 1,350 hectares.
• Some 70% of the total area of Helsinki is sea area. The shoreline is 131 kilometres long and there are 327 islands.
• Last year, the air quality in Helsinki centre was deemed good or satisfactory during about 94 percent of the hours.
• The highest recorded temperature in 2023 was 28.1 °C (August 7) and lowest -12.2 °C (March 9).
• The largest age group among Helsinki’s population is 30-34-year-olds, comprising 64,010 Helsinki residents.
• Some 19.5% of Helsinki residents speak a foreign language as their mother tongue. The largest group of foreign-language speakers in Helsinki is Russian speakers, who number 21,227 in total.
• The Helsinki Central Library Oodi had 2.5 million visits in 2023. All in all, there were 45 library borrowing locations in the city, with a total of 9.2 million loans made in 2023.
• In 2023, Helsinki awarded €29 million in grants for arts and culture. Sports associations and groups were supported with grants amounting to €16 million.
• Helsinki has 35 beaches, 21 winter swimming places, 13 ice stadiums, 16 swimming halls and outdoor pools, 842 indoor sports facilities and 92 dog parks. There are 1,300 kilometres of bicycle routes.
• Last year, 8,179 housing units were completed in Helsinki. The combined floor area of the entire building stock was about 865,000 square metres.
• The City of Helsinki employs 37,599 people in total. The most common occupational titles are Practical Nurse and Child Nurse in Early Childhood Education. Approximately 40 percent of all municipal employees work for the Education Division.