North Ostrobothnia active, good and functional everyday life
Annual progress from baseline to follow-up
 Positive developments |  Neutral development |  Negative developments |
| Meter | Baseline | Monitoring | Objective |
| Monitoring of disadvantage | 94,6 (2018) |
97,4   (2022) |
To reverse the poor development of social disadvantage in the province and reduce the disparities in social disadvantage between municipalities within the province. |
| Follow-up of the results of the TEA Wizard of Culture (points) | 47 (2019) |
75 (2023) |
The Province of Northern Ostrobothnia achieves a good result in all areas of the TEAviisar results of culture. |
| Municipal outdoor routes/1000 inhabitants (TEAviisari) Northern Ostrobothnia Whole country |
38 |
64  44 (2024) |
A clear positive change. |
| Percentage of under-mobility (%) | 55,2 (2020) |
56,5 (2024) |
Contribution to decreasing trend. |
| homicides per 1,000 a.m. Northern Ostrobothnia homicides/1000 a.s. the whole country |
5,8 |
6,3 |
North Ostrobothnia remains safer than the national average |
Achieveable, Northern Ostrobothnia of the regions' strengths and opportunities
Annual progress from baseline to follow-up
| Positive developments | Neutral development | Negative developments |
| Meter | Baseline | Monitoring | Objective |
| Level of education Total Men Women |
381 362 400 (2019) |
403 379 427 (2024) |
Steady increase in educational attainment, narrowing of the gender gap. |
| Employment of recent graduates | 68,8 (2019) |
68,6 (2023) |
Smooth growth. |
| Places of recreation far away Basic education 8th and 9th grade High school 1st and 2nd year Vocational education and training institution |
28 25,9 25,3 (2019) |
27,8 26,3 27,1 (2023) |
Improving accessibility. |
| Access to fixed broadband | 76 (2020) |
92 (2024) |
Increased availability. |
Entrepreneurship and renewal in Northern Ostrobothnia
Annual progress from baseline to follow-up
| Positive developments | Neutral development | Negative developments |
| Meter | Baseline | Monitoring | Objective |
| Stock of enterprises (ÄES) | 23 384 (2019) |
28 364 (2024) |
Growing every year |
| Turnover of enterprises (€ billion) (ESA) | 24,2 (2019) |
29.2 (2023) |
Growing every year. |
| Export turnover (index 2015=100) (ESA) | 120,6 (2020) |
167,82 (2022) |
Growing every year. |
| Employment rate | 68,4 (2020) |
69,7 (2024) |
It improves every year. |
| Number of jobs | 165 128 (2018) |
168 675 (2023) |
Growing every year. |
| Youth unemployment (TEM) | 19,6 (2020) |
15,8 (2024) |
Less than 15%. |
Internationally attractive and successful Northern Ostrobothnia
Annual progress from baseline to follow-up
| Positive developments | Neutral development | Negative developments |
| Meter | Baseline | Monitoring | Objective |
| Net inter-municipal migration Net migration |
-494 +882 (2020) |
-1 396 +1 769 (2024) |
Turning the direction of net migration between municipalities into a positive one. Steady increase in net migration |
| Overnight stays (million) Share of international tourists |
1,60 11,7 (2020) |
1, 8 18,8 (2024) |
Over 2 million overnight stays Share of overnight stays by tourists over 22 % |
| Foreign labour force | 3 832 (2018) |
6 708 (2023) |
Strong growth in the foreign labour force. |
| Share of unemployed foreigners in the foreign labour force | 27,3 (2020) |
23,2 (2024) |
Decrease in the unemployment rate of foreigners. |
| Priority applicants/place of origin University of Oulu Universities of applied sciences |
2,28 |
2.02 |
Smooth increase in traction. |
| International students: High schools Vocational schools Universities of applied sciences University |
57 411 51 123 (2019) |
45 585 291 432 (2023) |
Growing internationalization. |
|
International students one year after graduation Employed |
University of Oulu The professional high. |
University of Oulu The professional high. |
Increasing employment |
| R&D expenditure (€ million) Number of R&D personnel (ES) |
732,6 8 329 (2019) |
934,4 9 912 (2024) |
R&D expenditure of 0.9 billion in 2025. Growth is positive in all areas. The number of R&D personnel will increase by 600 by 2025; |
| Patent applications from Northern Ostrobothnia Percentage of applications in the whole country (ES) |
94
6 |
86
5,2 |
Smooth growth. |
| Airport passengers Total Oulu Kuusamo |
383 835 |
677 925 556 446 121 479 (2023) |
Increase in passenger numbers to pre-COVID levels (Oulu: More than 1 million and Kuusamo: more than 100,000)- |
Sustainable growth in Northern Ostrobothnia
Annual progress from baseline to follow-up
| Positive developments | Neutral development | Negative developments |
| Meter | Baseline | Monitoring | Objective |
| Wind power capacity | 906 (2020) |
3 210 (2024) |
Sustainable growth. |
| Greenhouse gas emissions Statistics Finland Finnish Environment Institute |
7193 |
7524 2825 (2021) |
Continuous decline towards a carbon-neutral county. |
|
State of waters |
78 |
89 61 18 (2019) |
The share of water bodies that have reached the status target for water management is increasing. |
| Rehabilitated and managed natural sites and biodiversity | Common indicators to be monitored in the provincial programme will be agreed with the authorities and research institutes. |
