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Appendix table 2. Number of buildings by heating fuel 1970-2020

Fuel Year
  1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
Buildings total 837 948 934 845 1 162 410 1 299 490 1 446 096 1 505 138 1 536 650
District- /localheat .. 48 538 105 608 130 946 164 721 180 749 204 143
Oil, gas 320 171 347 498 306 750 320 934 322 279 316 688 295 101
Coal, coke 24 328 11 794 8 753 7 986 6 983 6 789 6 284
Electricity 41 872 178 707 357 743 455 752 554 368 578 568 589 106
Wood, peat 429 467 327 230 321 342 292 763 277 553 278 661 278 660
Ground heat .. .. .. 3 397 21 667 46 014 73 475
Other, unknown 1) 22 111 20 578 62 214 87 486 98 525 97 669 89 881
% 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
District- /localheat .. 5,2 9,1 10,1 11,4 12,0 13,3
Oil, gas 38,2 37,2 26,4 24,7 22,3 21,0 19,2
Coal, coke 2,9 1,3 0,8 0,6 0,5 0,5 0,4
Electricity 5,0 19,1 30,8 35,1 38,3 38,4 38,3
Wood, peat 51,3 35,0 27,6 22,5 19,2 18,5 18,1
Ground heat .. .. .. 0,3 1,5 3,1 4,8
Other, unknown 1) 2,6 2,2 5,4 6,7 6,8 6,5 1) 5,8
1) Half of the buildings in the class 'Other, unknown' have no fixed heating installation.

Source: Buildings and Free-time Residences, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Ronkainen 029 551 3425, Anu Rämö 029 551 3450, info@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala


Updated 27.5.2021

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Buildings and free-time residences [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6796. 2020, Appendix table 2. Number of buildings by heating fuel 1970-2020 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rakke/2020/rakke_2020_2021-05-27_tau_002_en.html