Published: 21 December 2009

Few high-rise buildings in Finland

One-storey and two-storey buildings account for 95 per cent of the total building stock. According to Statistics Finland buildings with ten storeys and more are quite rare. There are approximately 300 such landmarks in Finland and 200 of them were blocks of flat. There are 1421 000 buildings in Finland at the end of 2008.

Data on buildings and free-time residences for 2008 were released in May 2009. This is a wider-coverage review of buildings and free-time residences in Finland including, among other things, a general overview and time series tables.

Buildings by type of building and number of storeys 31.12.2008

Type of building, number of storeys	Buildings
Buildings total	1 421 188
1 - 2 storeys	1 349 630
3 - 9 storeys	51 529
10 + storeys	292
unknown number of storeys	19 737
Detached hiouses	1 082 511
Attached houses	75 109
Blocks of flats	55 925
1 - 2 storeys	16 769
3 - 9 storeys	38 543
10 + storeys	186
unknown number of storeys	427
Other than residential buildings	207 643
1 - 2 storeys	180 191
3 - 9 storeys	8 874
10 + storeys	99
unknown number of storeys	18 479