

As part of Polirural, Häme-region was chosen to be one of the pilot areas. Polirural is European Union project, which aims to increase well being and sustainability of the country side. One of the main goals of Polirural project is to tackle problems what rural regions are facing throughout Europe. As part of Polirural project, Smart & Lean Hub Oy aims to increase awareness of these problems and other demographic data trends by utilizing open data of Häme-region, to create interactive visualizations.
Fourth visualization in our series is line chart about level of education in Häme region by gender and county. Visualization showcases yearly change in level of education in population, by drawing line for amount of people on each level of education.
- Orange line = Upper secondary education or post-secondary non-tertiary education
- Light blue = Short-cycle tertiary education or bachelor’s or equivalent level
- Purple = Master’s or equivalent level or doctoral or equivalent level
- Dark blue = Basic education or level of education unknown

Visualization highlights change in level of education in timeline of 20 years. Visualization shows how people have got more educated and its increasingly rare to have person without education beyond basic level.
Link to interactive visualization