Climate | We have cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.36% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.738 million tons (2015 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 110 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 5.47 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 45.87 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 4.46 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 7.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 7.4% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 72.9% (2018 est.) |
Other | 19.6% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 85.8% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023). |
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