The unemployment rate in Finland stood at 6.7 percent in December 2022, unchanged from the same month in the previous year. The number of unemployed was flat at 187 thousand, while the number of employed rose by 10 thousand to 2.60 million. The unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 came in at 16.1 percent in December, which was 5.6 percentage points higher than a year ago. The activity rate edged up to 67.7 percent in December 2022 from 67.5 percent in the same period of 2021, and the employment rate ticked higher to 73.4 percent from 73.3 percent. source: Statistics Finland
Unemployment Rate in Finland averaged 6.46 percent from 1959 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 19.90 percent in May of 1994 and a record low of 0.70 percent in September of 1961. This page provides the latest reported value for - Finland Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Finland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2023.
Unemployment Rate in Finland is expected to be 6.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.