NUTS statistical regions of Finland

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.^[1]

The NUTS code for Finland is FI. The three levels are:^[1]

Level	Subdivisions	#
NUTS 1	Mainland Finland, Åland (Finnish: Manner-Suomi, Ahvenanmaa; Swedish: Fasta Finland, Åland)	2
NUTS 2	Large areas (Suuralueet / Storområden)	5
NUTS 3	Regions (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 1	Code	NUTS 2	Code	NUTS 3	Code 2024	Code 2013.[2]	Code 2003
Mainland Finland	FI1	West Finland	FI19	Central Finland	FI198	FI193
				Southern Ostrobothnia	FI199	FI194
				Ostrobothnia	FI19A	FI195
				Satakunta	FI196		FI191
				Pirkanmaa	FI19B	FI197	FI192
		Helsinki-Uusimaa	FI1B	Helsinki-Uusimaa	FI1B1
		South Finland	FI1C	Southwest Finland	FI1C1
				Kanta-Häme	FI1C2
				Päijät-Häme	FI1C6	FI1C3
				Kymenlaakso	FI1C7	FI1C4
				South Karelia	FI1C5
		North & East Finland	FI1D	Etelä-Savo	FI1DA	FI1D1
				Pohjois-Savo	FI1DB	FI1D2
				North Karelia	FI1DC	FI1D3
				Kainuu	FI1D8	FI1D4
				Central Ostrobothnia	FI1D5
				Northern Ostrobothnia	FI1D9	FI1D6
				Lapland	FI1D7
Åland	FI2	Åland	FI20	Åland	FI200

Local administrative units

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

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

The LAU codes of Finland can be downloaded here:

See also

• List of Finnish regions by Human Development Index
• Subdivisions of Finland
• ISO 3166-2 codes of Finland
• FIPS region codes of Finland

Sources

• Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
• Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1
  • SUOMI / FINLAND - NUTS level 2^{[permanent dead link]}
  • SUOMI / FINLAND - NUTS level 3^{[permanent dead link]}
• Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
• List of current NUTS codes
  • Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)
• Provinces of Finland, Statoids.com