Statistics

Employment Service Statistics

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 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

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 Classification of Sectors 2012 will be introduced in the Labour Force Survey
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  20 Dec 2019
• The release on zero-hour contracts is postponed
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  03 May 2019
• Statistics renamed
  Statistics: Quality of work life
  04 Jan 2018
• Occupational accident statistics in 2014 will be published in November 2016
  Statistics: Occupational accident statistics
  16 Jun 2016
• New seasonal adjustment software adopted
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  23 Feb 2016
• The content of the Labour Force Survey tables in databases has been extended
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  23 Feb 2016
• The content of the Labour Force Survey tables in databases has been extended
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  25 Nov 2014

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finland's statistics only)

• Employment increased and unemployment decreased from one year ago
  20 Dec 2019
• Digitalisation has penetrated Finnish working life
  11 Dec 2019
• Number of accidents at work 138,000 in Finland in 2017
  29 Nov 2019
• Employment increased, unemployment almost unchanged compared to one year ago
  26 Nov 2019
• Around the same number of open job vacancies in the third quarter as one year earlier
  15 Nov 2019
• Mothers return to the labour market from family leaves more quickly than before
  14 Nov 2019
• Employment increased, unemployment decreased from one year ago
  22 Oct 2019

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Future releases

(Statistics Finland's statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2019, December, 4th quarter and the year (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Jan 2020
• Job vacancy survey 2019, 4th quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  18 Feb 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, January (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Feb 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, February (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Mar 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, March and 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Apr 2020
• Labour force survey 2019 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  7 May 2020
• Job vacancy survey 2020, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  19 May 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, April (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 May 2020
• Occupational accident statistics 2018 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  17 Jun 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, May (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Jun 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, June and 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Jul 2020
• Job vacancy survey 2020, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  18 Aug 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, July (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Aug 2020
• Labour force survey 2019 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  31 Aug 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, August (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Sep 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Oct 2020
• Job vacancy survey 2020, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  16 Nov 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Nov 2020
• Occupational accident statistics 2018 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  30 Nov 2020
• Labour force survey 2020, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Dec 2020

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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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