26 municipalities
Askola, Espoo, Hanko, Helsinki, Hyvinkää, Ingå, Järvenpää, Karkkila, Kauniainen, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Lapinjärvi, Lohja, Loviisa, Myrskylä, Mäntsälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, Porvoo, Pukkila, Raasepori, Sipoo, Siuntio, Tuusula, Vantaa, Vihti
Fresh water
471 km2, 3%
Land area
9,097 km2, 57%
Salt water
6,491 km2, 40%
HANKO RAASEPORI INGÅ SIUNTIO LOHJA KARKKILA VIHTI HYVINKÄÄ MÄNTSÄLÄ PORNAINEN JÄRVENPÄÄ TUUSULA KERAVA SIPOO PORVOO ASKOLA PUKKILA MYRSKYLÄ LAPINJÄRVI LOVIISA NURMIJÄRVI ESPOO KAUNIAINEN HELSINKI VANTAA KIRKKONUMMI
1.7 million inhabitants
31 % of the entire population of Finland
Population growth more than 19,000 inhabitants in 2022
In Helsinki-Uusimaa Region
76.9 % speak Finnish
15.5 % speak another language
7.6 % speak Swedish
58 % of those speaking another language in Finland live in Helsinki-Uusimaa Region
Industries
16.5 %
production
0.6 %
% of Finnish growth companies choose Helsinki-Uusimaa as their location GDP per capita Helsinki-Uusimaa 57,900 € Finland 45,400 € Share of Finnish GDP 39% EU 32,400 €
Processing eg. manufacturing , construction and mining
Primary
eg. agriculture, forestry and fishing
Services eg. trade, health and social industry, education, ICT 82.9
44 %
Helsinki-Uusimaa Region has 836,000 workplaces
i.e. 35 % of the Finnish total
Workplaces: Private sector 64 % Public sector 27 % Entrepreneurs 9 %
Helsinki-Uusimaa’s share of Finland’s R&D expenditure
50 %
2nd most innovative region in the EU (EU regional innovation scoreboard 2021)
Employment rate for 15–64 year olds 76 %, Average rate for Finland 73.8 % Unemployment rate 6.7 %, Average rate for Finland 6.8 %
The highest level of education in Finland, one in three residents have a university degree
Ranked 2nd in wellbeing in the EU (Regional social progress index 2020)
Of Finland’s international tourists, 49 % visit Helsinki-Uusimaa Travellers at Helsinki-Vantaa airport in 2022 12.9 million overnight 6 million times, 27 % of all overnight stays in Finland In Helsinki-Uusimaa 2022, travellers stayed
Distribution of greenhouse gas emissions
Rail transport 0.3 %
11.6 % Water transport 1.5 % Oil heating 2.3 %
Road transport 30.4 % Machinery 5.6 %
Agriculture 3.8 % F-gases 3.9 % Waste treatment 3.5 % Other heating 1.2 %
heating 3.4 % Industry 4.1 %
District heating 28.5 %
Emissions per inhabitant in 2021
3,7 tonnes CO₂e Finland average 5,5 tonnes CO₂e
Electric
Electricity
Helsinki-Uusimaa
The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council is a joint authority for Helsinki-Uusimaa with 26 member municipalities. We are one of the 18 regional councils in Finland that are mandated in law. Our main operational tasks at the Council are regional and land-use planning, as well as the promotion of local and regional interests.
Read more about Helsinki-Uusimaa Region and Regional Council: uudenmaanliitto.fi/en
Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council 3/2023 Source: Statistics Finland, Finnish Environment Institute (emissions)