Price index of public expenditure (2015=100), Local government finances by function area, quarterly data by Quarter, Municipality type, Function area and Information

Documentation of statistics

Quarter

* preliminary data

Municipality type

Muncipal types are Municipalities, Joint municipal authorities and Local government finances

Function area

Function areas:
General government, Social services and health care, Social services, Health care, Education and cultural activity, Education, Cultural activity, Other services, Business activities

Quarter

2025Q2*

* preliminary data

2025Q3*

* preliminary data

2025Q4*

* preliminary data

Information

Point figure (2015=100)

Point figure is a change quantity used in price indices, which expresses the price, average price or index of the comparison period relative to the price, average price or index of the base period. The point figure of the base period is usually denoted by the number hundred. For example, if the point figure for a commodity at a certain point in time is 105.3, it means that the price of that commodity has risen by 5.3 per cent from the base period.

Quarterly change, %

Quarterly change refers to the relative change in the index of the quarter compared with the index of the previous quarter. The change is usually expressed in percentages.

Annual change, %

Annual change is the relative change of the index figure in comparison with the corresponding time period one year ago (e.g. annual change of total index of consumer prices, i.e. inflation).