Helsinki-Uusimaa: population, economy and official figures

Helsinki-Uusimaa is a region (maakunta) in Helsinki-Uusimaa, Finland. Helsinki-Uusimaa had 1,782,300 residents on 1 January 2025 and 31.62% of Finland; the largest of 19 regions in Finland.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Helsinki-Uusimaa: GDP per person was 51,000 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 128% of the EU average (102% for Finland); the highest of 19 regions in Finland.
• Health in Helsinki-Uusimaa: THL's age-standardised morbidity index, which combines seven major disease groups, stood at 88.4 in the region of Uusimaa in 2024 against 100 for the whole country; that is 2nd lowest among Finland's 19 regions.
• Education in Helsinki-Uusimaa: 16.8% of residents aged 15 or over in Uusimaa held a master's degree in 2024, above the national figure of 11.5%; that is the highest among Finland's 19 regions, up from 15.2% in 2019.
• Poverty and living standards in Helsinki-Uusimaa: 12.4% of the dwelling population of the region of Uusimaa lived below the at-risk-of-poverty line (60% of the national median income) in 2024, below the national figure of 14.2%; that is 3rd lowest among Finland's 19 regions, up from 10.4% in 2019.
• Government budget and revenue in Helsinki-Uusimaa: Net spending on elderly care, including home care and 24-hour service housing, came to €643 per resident in the four Uusimaa wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki combined in 2025 (the lowest of the 18 with data; Finland €927).
• Government and politics in Helsinki-Uusimaa: Health, social and rescue services in Uusimaa are run by 4 wellbeing services counties (East Uusimaa, Central Uusimaa, West Uusimaa and Vantaa and Kerava), whose county councils have 276 seats in total. The City of Helsinki organises its own health and social services and holds no county election.

Figures come from Finland's own official statistics and from Eurostat's regional statistics for NUTS 3 areas. Comparisons with the EU average use purchasing power standards (PPS), which adjust for price differences.

Up a level: Helsinki-Uusimaa · all regions of Finland · how local power works in Finland

Sources

• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjangrp3: Population on 1 January (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4c748d3cba3a…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_d3dens: Population density, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f4b59fe9d121…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP per person, PPS (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3bf0fc662f56…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP, million euros (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 096e15e5fdb3…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3empers: Employment, thousand people (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 664e4e3a6dc0…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjanind3: Median age of the population (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7bf6ade55a0d…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjanind3: Share of people aged 65 or over (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 17aa0d08ab9c…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_fagec3: Live births (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cfda9b5f4ebd…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset reg_area3: Area, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 75302b0aafe9…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3empers: Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region and industry, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 222a97c302d3…)
• Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus), from the election results of the Ministry of Justice: Numbers and proportions of elected councillors by party, sex and wellbeing services county in County elections, 2022-2025 (table 153i, PxWeb API POST query, json-stat2), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 36eb52231311…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gva: Gross value added at basic prices by NUTS 3 region and industry, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c656e8563bdf…)
• Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus): Regional time series 1987-2025 (table 142h, Municipal key figures database): population, housing, education, employment and jobs by NUTS region, region and municipality (PxWeb API POST query, json-stat2, years 2015-2025), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 18a97e220312…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_gind3: Population change: demographic balance and crude rates by NUTS 3 region, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7548e948e15c…)
• Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Sotkanet: Sotkanet indicator bank, REST API 1.1: 32 indicators (one exact JSON response per indicator, e.g. indicator=5761, plus the region list) on morbidity, primary care, lifestyle, social assistance, homelessness, county election turnout and the net operating costs of wellbeing services counties, 2015-2025, bundled in one zip, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e5b01db4f1e9…)
• Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus): Offences recorded by year of reporting, figures relative to the population in the area of the offence (table 13h4, Statistics on offences and coercive measures), 2015-2025 (PxWeb API POST query, json-stat2), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 491eb3d6cd9b…)
• Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus): Income level, income inequality, population at risk of poverty or dependent on basic social security by region (table 14ww, Income distribution statistics), 2015-2024 (PxWeb API POST query, json-stat2), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4dd1f64e4da5…)

Each saved copy is the file exactly as downloaded, kept so the figures can be checked even if the source changes. Report an error.