Human resources in science and technology

 

The reports provide information on human resources in science and technology and all persons educated to tertiary level.

Note! The reports are subject to data protection measures. Numbers of 1-4 persons are shown as "1-4" and larger numbers are rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Percentages are calculated using the protected numbers.

Human resources in science and technology

Human resources in science and technology (HRST) refers to persons who either have completed tertiary level education or work in expert occupations (irrespective of their education); see figure. This definition follows the guidelines published by OECD and the EU; link. These reports provide HRST data by the industry of employment and the employer sector.

Industry

The industrial classification used in these reports is adapted from the Statistics Finland industrial classification. By default, the reports limit the selection to employed persons as they can be combined with data on the industries.

Different industry in the previous year  (%)
Employer size  (%​​)
Field of education - ISCED  (%)
Level of education  (%)
Main discipline  (%)​
Statistical year  (%)
Time since attaining the qualification​  (%)​

​Employer sector

The employer sector applicable to these reports has been adapted from the employer sector classification used by Statistics Finland; for example, universities and research institutions have been classified as individual sectors. By default, the reports limit the selection to employed persons as they can be combined with data on the employer sector.

Different employer sector in the previous year  (%)
Field of education​ - ISCED  (%​)​
Level of education  (%)
Main discipline  (%)
Statistical year  (%)​
Time since attaining the qualification  (%)

Highly educated population

Population with higher education refers to persons who have completed a minimum of post-secondary level of education and live in Finland. In these reports, the data have been classified according to their country of birth and main type of activity.

Country of birth

The country of birth has been taken from the population register.

Field of education - ISCED  (%)
Level of education  (%)
Main discipline  (%)
Statistical year  (%)
Time since attaining the qualification  (%)

Main type of activity

Main type of activity is determined at the end of the year preceding the statistical year.