Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag...
by fulafel on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:04AM
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Re comparison between Helsinki and other nordic cities, I was curious and looked up some numbers:
For Helsinki I think the closest peer is Stockholm.
Here are comparisons of CoL and PPP GDP between Helsinki/stockholm and finland/sweden (spoiler: helsinki wins on CoL, sweden as a whole has higher average ppp gdp, probably accounted by higher urbanization on the country level). Both differences are small.
For Helsinki I think the closest peer is Stockholm. Here are comparisons of CoL and PPP GDP between Helsinki/stockholm and finland/sweden (spoiler: helsinki wins on CoL, sweden as a whole has higher average ppp gdp, probably accounted by higher urbanization on the country level). Both differences are small.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locat...