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Published: 20 September 2007

Local government productivity fell in 2006

According to preliminary data in Statistics Finland statistics on local government productivity, the combined total productivity of education, health and social work of local government fell by 1.4 per cent in 2006. This decline was due to stronger growth in total input volume than in output volume. The volume of total input grew by 1.8 per cent, while the volume of output grew by 0.4 per cent.

The total productivity of local government fell in all of the three industries under examination during 2006. Total productivity of health declined by almost 2 per cent due to the 2 per cent growth in total input as output increased only slightly. The total input of education remained nearly unchanged, but the slight decrease in output led to a half per cent drop in total productivity. The total productivity of social work fell by 2 per cent as total input grew by more than 3 per cent and output increased by a bit over 1 per cent.

Volume changes in the output and total input and changes in total productivity of local government by industry in 2006, per cent from the year before

2006*	Education	Health	Social work	Total
Output	-0.3	0.3	1.2	0.4
Total input	0.2	2.1	3.3	1.8
Total productivity	-0.5	-1.8	-2.0	-1.4
* Preliminary data; next time statistics will be released in January 2008

This statistics is based on preliminary data and it will be revised in January 2008.

Source: Statistics on local government productivity 2006. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.9.2007