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Quality report (OSF): Health Care and Social Welfare Personnel Data description Statistical presentation The Health and Social Services Personnel statistics describe persons permanently resident in Finland on the last day of the year who primarily...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/data-quality/quality-reports-on-statistics/quality-report-health-care-and-social-welfare-personnel
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Human health and environmental health go hand in hand People’s health, climate change mitigation and broader environmental wellbeing are not separate objectives – many solutions support all of them. “When different choices are made easy and afford...https://thl.fi/en/our-view/human-health-and-environmental-health-go-hand-in-hand
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Quality report: Social protection expenditure and financing Data description Statistical presentation The statistics provide comprehensive information on the distribution of social protection expenditure and financing in Finland. The time series o...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/data-quality/quality-reports-on-statistics/quality-report-social-protection-expenditure-and-financing
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20.5.2026 | Serious health problems, especially severe mental health and substance use problems, are associated with receiving supplementary social assistance among people aged 25–64, according to a recent THL study.https://thl.fi/en/-/study-people-treated-in-specialised-healthcare-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-problems-receive-supplementary-social-assistance-clearly-more-often
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Updated: Thu May 21 13:19:16 EEST 2026 Quality report: Promotion of Health and Wellbeing in Municipal Management – TEA 2025 Data description Statistical presentation The data on the promotion of health and wellbeing in municipal management, collec...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/data-quality/quality-reports-on-statistics/quality-report-promotion-of-health-and-wellbeing-in-municipal-management-tea-2025
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The Competence center promotes the creation, dissemination, and implementation of sustainable social innovations and strengthens the innovation capacity of the actors involved.https://thl.fi/en/research/projects/national-competence-center-for-social-innovation
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Our everyday choices affect both human health and the environment People’s health, climate change mitigation and other aspects of environmental well-being are not separate goals – many measures serve all of them at the same time. “Environmental we...https://thl.fi/en/our-view/human-health-and-environmental-health-go-hand-in-hand/our-everyday-choices-affect-both-human-health-and-the-environment
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Client fees in social welfare and health care may increase at a higher rate in the future – Government wants to link the fees to the wellbeing services county index Published 15.5.2025 The views expressed in the blog posts are the writers' own and...https://thl.fi/en/-/client-fees-in-social-welfare-and-health-care-may-increase-at-a-higher-rate-in-the-future-government-wants-to-link-the-fees-to-the-wellbeing-services-county-index
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3.6.2026 | The latest statistics on access to treatment from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) show two diverging trends. In primary health care, patients experienced longer waiting times for access to treatment in 2025. In specialised health care, however, the number of patients waiting a long time for treatment decreased significantly.https://thl.fi/en/-/patients-face-longer-waiting-times-for-access-to-treatment-in-primary-health-care-waiting-lists-in-specialised-health-care-have-shortened
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Quality report: Promotion of Health and Wellbeing in Comprehensive Schools – TEA 1. Data description 1.1 Statistical presentation The dataset “Promotion of Health and Wellbeing in Comprehensive Schools”, collected by the Finnish Institute for Heal...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/data-quality/quality-reports-on-statistics/quality-report-promotion-of-health-and-wellbeing-in-comprehensive-schools-tea
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Promoting health and well-being – Physical Activity On this page Promotion of physical activity in municipalities has remained stable Overall, the promotion of physical activity by municipalities remained almost unchanged at the national level in ...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/promoting-health-and-well-being/physical-activity
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Quality report: Promotion of Health and Wellbeing in General Upper Secondary Schools - TEA Data description Statistical presentation The data on the promotion of health and wellbeing in general upper secondary schools, collected by the Finnish Ins...https://thl.fi/en/data-and-statistics/data-quality/quality-reports-on-statistics/quality-report-promotion-of-health-and-wellbeing-in-general-upper-secondary-schools-tea
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5.5.2026 | The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has published a Comprehensive Security Review containing more than one hundred policy recommendations aimed at strengthening Finland’s security and the population’s crisis resilience. The recommendations address mental crisis resilience, health security, social welfare and health care, and social security. The work was prompted by significant changes in the security environment.https://thl.fi/en/-/thl-publishes-more-than-one-hundred-recommendations-to-strengthen-finland-s-comprehensive-security
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11.5.2026 | The call for applications for the 2027 Appropriations for Health Promotion is now open. The application period runs from 11 May to 12 June 2026.https://thl.fi/en/-/the-2027-call-for-applications-for-appropriations-for-health-promotion-is-open
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Registry and Archive – List of tasks This page lists THL’s most common tasks. The list helps you gain a clearer understanding of the types of information processed by THL. Using the task categories, you can further specify your information request...https://thl.fi/en/our-services/registry-and-archive/list-of-tasks
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What we do We defend well-being, health, and safety The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is an independent state-owned expert and research institute that defends the well-being, health and safety of the population. THL’s duties are e...https://thl.fi/en/about-us/what-we-do
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Organisation THL's management team is in charge of the overall management of the institution. In addition to the Director General, the management team includes the RDI Director, the Communications Director and all the directors of departments. THL...https://thl.fi/en/about-us/organisation
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11.6.2026 | According to the latest results from the National Health Index, rates of work disability are on the decline among the population in Uusimaa while primarily increasing elsewhere in Finland. Morbidity, however, is changing in different ways in different diagnostic categories. For example, the occurrence of coronary disease is declining in all of Finland while diabetes and sleep apnoea are on the rise nationwide. Mental health also remains a concern.https://thl.fi/en/-/regional-differences-in-rates-of-work-disability-growing-morbidity-statistics-show-rise-in-occurrence-of-diabetes-and-sleep-apnoea-nationwide
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Registry and Archive – Archival materials THL holds the archival materials of its predecessor authorities. National Public Health Institute (1911–31 December 2008) The history of the National Public Health Institute (Kansanterveyslaitos, KTL) bega...https://thl.fi/en/our-services/registry-and-archive/archival-materials
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11.5.2026 | The number of induced abortions increased by almost 4 per cent in 2025. The number has been rising since 2022.https://thl.fi/en/-/the-number-of-induced-abortions-continued-to-increase-access-to-contraception-and-effective-services-must-be-ensured