Uusimaa – FI1B

EU regions: Finland > Mainland Finland > Uusimaa

Indicator	Period	Value
Life long learning
life long learning participation	2024	31.6
Part time jobs and flexible employment
percentage of part time workers	2024	13.84
percentage of part time workers, men	2024	10.73
percentage of part time workers, women	2024	17.13
Gender differences
gender gap in employment rate	2024	96.52
gender gap in unemployment rate	2024	92.39
Graduates and young people
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2024	33
NEET	2024	6.9
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2023	131
Employment
employment rate	2024	73.4
Social exclusion
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion	2020	11.5

More on wikipedia wikidata Q5711 on OpenStreetMap Uusimaa slovensky: FI1B

Subregions: Helsinki

Unemployment

Indicator	Period	Value
Unemployment
unemployment rate	2024	9.1
youth unemployment rate	2024	19.7
Long term unemployment
long term unemployment	2024	2
share of long term unemployed	2024	22.5

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2024	1 759 537
population density	2023	192
old-age dependency ratio	2024	27.6

Employment by sectors, Uusimaa

NACE r2		%	NACE r2		%
A	6.2	1%	B-E	84.5	10%
F	56.2	6%	G-I	189.6	21%
J	78.1	9%	K	30	3%
L	8.6	1%	M_N	137	15%
NRP	6.4	1%	O-Q	231.7	26%
R-U	58.6	7%	TOTAL	886.9	100%

Data for the period year 2024. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

From Wikipedia:

Uusimaa (Finnish: [ˈuːsimɑː]; Swedish: Nyland, Finland Swedish: [ˈnyːlɑnd]; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding Greater Helsinki area, are both contained in the region, and Uusimaa is Finland's most populous region. The population of Uusimaa is 1,734,000.

While pred­ominantly Finnish-speaking, Uusimaa has the highest total number of native speakers of Swedish in Finland even at a much lower share than two other regions.

History

The place name of Nuuksio derives from the Sami word njukča which means 'swan'. Later Finns proper and Tavastians inhabited the area. Some place names have traces of Tavastian village names, like Konala, which likely derives from the older Tavastian village name Konhola. Estonians inhabited the region to a smaller extent, specifically for seasonal fishing.

Swedish colonisation of coastal Uusimaa started after the second crusade to Finland in the 13th century. The colonisation was part of converting pagan areas to Catholicism.

Other: Mainland Finland, Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi, Southern Finland, Länsi-Suomi, Uusimaa

Neighbours: Southern Finland

Subregions: Helsinki

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Uusimaa – FI1B, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PFI1B, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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