Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing country subdivisions for statistical purposes. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. Each EU member state is hierarchically divided into three NUTS levels. The classification is reviewed at most every three years. The current classification is NUTS 2024, which became legally effective on January 1, 2024.

The NUTS code for Finland is FI. The three levels are:

LevelSubdivisions#
NUTS 1Mainland Finland, Åland (Finnish:Manner-Suomi, Ahvenanmaa; Swedish:Fasta Finland, Åland)2
NUTS 2Large areas (Suuralueet / Storområden)5
NUTS 3Regions (Maakunnat / Landskap)19

Below these three NUTS levels are the Local Administrative Unit (LAU) levels. In Finland, there are two LAU levels, which consist of the sub-regions, and the municipalities.

NUTS codes

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3Code 2024Code 2013.Code 2003
Mainland FinlandFI1West FinlandFI19Central FinlandFI198FI193
Southern OstrobothniaFI199FI194
OstrobothniaFI19AFI195
SatakuntaFI196FI191
PirkanmaaFI19BFI197FI192
Helsinki-UusimaaFI1BHelsinki-UusimaaFI1B1
South FinlandFI1CSouthwest FinlandFI1C1
Kanta-HämeFI1C2
Päijät-HämeFI1C6FI1C3
KymenlaaksoFI1C7FI1C4
South KareliaFI1C5
North & East FinlandFI1DEtelä-SavoFI1DAFI1D1
Pohjois-SavoFI1DBFI1D2
North KareliaFI1DCFI1D3
KainuuFI1D8FI1D4
Central OstrobothniaFI1D5
Northern OstrobothniaFI1D9FI1D6
LaplandFI1D7
ÅlandFI2ÅlandFI20ÅlandFI200

Local administrative units

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

LevelSubdivisions#
LAU 1Sub-regions (Seutukunnat / Ekonomiska regioner)77
LAU 2Municipalities (Kunnat / Kommuner)416

The LAU codes of Finland can be downloaded here:

See also

Sources

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  • , Statoids.com