Statistics

Employment Service Statistics

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy compiles Employment service statistics on the clients of the employment and economic development offices: jobseekers (most unemployed jobseekers) registered at the employment and economic development offices, vacancies reported by employers and services which aim to advance the employment of the job seekers.

Job vacancy survey

The job vacancy survey produces quarterly information about open job vacancies in Finland.

Labour force survey

The Labour Force Survey collects statistical data on the participation in work, employment, unemployment and activity of persons outside the labour force among the population aged between 15 and 74.

Occupational accident statistics

The statistics on occupational accidents contain annual data on the occupational accidents that have occurred to wage and salary earners and own-account workers in agriculture.

Quality of work life survey

The quality of work life survey is an extensive personal interview survey conducted since 1977 to monitor employees’ working conditions and changes in them.

Statistics on labour disputes

The statistics on labour disputes describe the labour disputes organised in Finland by employees or employers.

See also related statistics

• Central government monthly salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Employment
  Topic: Population
• Employment of students
  Topic: Education
• Index of wage and salary earnings
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Labour cost index
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Labour cost survey
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Local government sector wages and salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Private sector hourly wages
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Private sector monthly salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Structure of Earnings
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Transition from school to further education and work
  Topic: Education
• Unemployment Protection in Finland
  Topic: Social Protection

Revisions in statistics

• The content of the Labour Force Survey tables in databases has been extended
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  25 Nov 2014
• Postponement in the release of the Job Vacancy Survey for the second quarter
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  13 Aug 2014
• Erroneous data in the Job Vacancy Survey were corrected
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  26 Jun 2014
• Data of the Job Vacancy Survey for the first quarter are being corrected
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  18 Jun 2014
• Releases of annual Labour Force Survey data for 2013
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  21 Jan 2014
• The sample design of the Job Vacancy Survey has been renewed
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  29 Aug 2013
• Postponement in the release of the Job Vacancy Survey for the first quarter
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  31 May 2013

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Unemployment rate 8.8 per cent in January
  24 Feb 2015
• More open job vacancies in the last quarter of 2014 than one year earlier
  18 Feb 2015
• Unemployment rate 8.8 per cent in December
  20 Jan 2015
• Unemployment rate 8.2 per cent in November
  23 Dec 2014
• Number of accidents at work in Finland 139,000 in 2012
  28 Nov 2014
• In the midst of uncertainty, positive changes in working conditions also visible
  26 Nov 2014
• Unemployment rate 8.3 per cent in October
  25 Nov 2014

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2014 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  5 Mar 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, February (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Mar 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, March and 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Apr 2015
• Labour force survey 2014, Employment and unemployment (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  28 Apr 2015
• Job vacancy survey 2015, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  19 May 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, April (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 May 2015
• Occupational accident statistics 2013 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  18 Jun 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, May (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Jun 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, June and 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Jul 2015
• Job vacancy survey 2015, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  18 Aug 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, July (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Aug 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, August (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Sep 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Oct 2015
• Job vacancy survey 2015, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  17 Nov 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Nov 2015
• Occupational accident statistics 2013 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 Nov 2015
• Labour force survey 2015, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Dec 2015

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Latest press releases

• Statistical images of Finland and Finns
  11 Dec 2012
• Statistics Finland is making further utilisation of statistical data easier
  25 Jan 2012
• One day of life in Finland
  07 Dec 2011
• Teamwork has become increasingly difficult in the 2000s
  13 Aug 2009
• Employment and unemployment in September 2008
  21 Oct 2008
• Employment and unemployment in August 2008
  23 Sep 2008
• Employment and unemployment in July 2008
  26 Aug 2008

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