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UIS STATISTICS IN BRIEF
 
General profile - Finland
Reference year 2011. Please see 'Interpreting the Country Profiles' for more information.
  General information
Total population (000)
  5 385
Annual population growth rate (%) ^
  0.5
Life expectancy at birth (years) ^
  80
Infant mortality rate (0/00) ^
  2
National currency  
  Euro
GDP per capita (PPP) US$  ^
  37 455
 
  Culture & Communication
Films and cinema :
      Screen per capita (per 100 000 inhabitants)
 (2009) 6.3
      National film production  
 (2009) 25
      Attendance frequency per capita 
 (2009) 1.4
Daily Newspapers: Total Avg Circulation per 1 000 inhabitants 
 (hu,2004) 431.07
National libraries: registered users 
 (ep,1997) 500 900
 
  Science & Technology
Researchers per 1 000 000 inhabitants (FTE)
 (2010) 7 722
Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP
 (2010) 3.88
 
  Education
Participation in education
 
Literacy Rates - 15 years and older
 
Literacy Rates - 15 to 24 years old
 
Education Indicators
Pupil / teacher ratio (primary)
  14
Percentage of repeaters, primary (%)
 (2001) 1
Primary to secondary transition rate (%)
 (2010) 100
Public expenditure on education : 
      as % of GDP 
 (2010) 6.8
      as % of total government expenditure 
 (2010) 12.3
Symbols used:
Footnotes:
ep Data refer only to the number of visits to the library.
hu Does not include free newspapers.
^ World Bank World Development Indicators