Helsinki facts and figures 2026 – Pocket statistics published in three languages

The updated edition of the statistical package has now been released in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Some samples from the pocket statistics:

• Almost 34% of the land area in Helsinki is green areas administrated by the City. There are 80 conservation areas with a combined surface area of 1,622 hectares.
• Some 70% of the Helsinki area 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 97 percent of the hours.
• The highest recorded temperature in 2025 was 28.4 °C (July 12) and lowest -14.2 °C (January 4).
• The largest age group is 30-34-year-olds, which comprises 64,028 Helsinki residents.
• Some 21% of the Helsinki residents speak a foreign language as their mother tongue. The most common group of foreign-language speakers is Russian speakers, of which there are 21,540 living in Helsinki.
• The Helsinki Central Library Oodi had almost 2.7 million visits in 2025. All in all, there were 47 library borrowing locations and 10 million borrowings made in 2025.
• In 2025, Helsinki awarded €25 million in grants for arts and culture. Sports associations and groups were supported with grants amounting to €10.1 million.
• In Helsinki, there are 36 beaches, 20 winter swimming places, 13 ice stadiums, 16 swimming halls and outdoor pools, 857 indoor sports facilities and 93 dog parks. There are 2,214 kilometres of bicycle routes.
• Last year, 4,186 housing units were completed in Helsinki. The combined floor area of all the buildings was about 575,500 square metres.
• The City of Helsinki employs all told 39,551 people. The most common occupational titles were practical nurse and child nurse in early childhood education. Approximately 40 percent of all municipal employees work for the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division.