by Socialmorfosis

    Getting ahead in Finland

    Whether a place lets people build a life is not the same question as whether they are poor today.

    Look at

    Tertiary qualification

    % of people aged 15 or over · 19 regions · 2025

    34.5% of adults hold a tertiary qualification, from 27.3% in Kainuu to 40.9% in Uusimaa.

    From

    The same measure, split the way the source publishes it.

    Highest qualification held

    • No upper secondary24.6%
    • Upper secondary only40.9%
    • Tertiary34.5%

    The three levels partition the population. The middle one is what the two published shares leave.

    Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · StatFin/vkour/12bs · 2025 · Share of people aged 15 or over whose highest qualification is tertiary level.

    What this does not cover

    This question has five parts and three are shown here. Skills and capabilities, and social mobility between generations, have no published territorial measure we have been able to use yet.

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    Now look at your own place.

    Open any of Finland’s 308 municipalities, put two places side by side, and follow a measure back through the years.

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