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

• 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
• 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

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finland's statistics only)

• Employment increased in January
  26 Feb 2019
• More open job vacancies in the last quarter of 2018 than one year earlier
  19 Feb 2019
• Strong growth in employment continued in December
  24 Jan 2019
• Unemployment rate fell in November compared with one year earlier
  21 Dec 2018
• Number of accidents at work 132,000 in Finland in 2016
  30 Nov 2018
• Unemployment decreased and employment increased in October
  20 Nov 2018
• More open job vacancies in the third quarter than one year earlier
  16 Nov 2018

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Future releases

(Statistics Finland's statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2019, February (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  26 Mar 2019
• Labour force survey 2018 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Apr 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, March and 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Apr 2019
• Labour force survey 2018 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  9 May 2019
• Job vacancy survey 2019, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  17 May 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, April (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 May 2019
• Occupational accident statistics 2017 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  17 Jun 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, May (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Jun 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, June and 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Jul 2019
• Job vacancy survey 2019, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  19 Aug 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, July (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Aug 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, August (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Sep 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Oct 2019
• Labour force survey 2018, Families and work (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  14 Nov 2019
• Job vacancy survey 2019, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  15 Nov 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  26 Nov 2019
• Occupational accident statistics 2017 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  29 Nov 2019
• Quality of work life 2018 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Dec 2019
• Labour force survey 2019, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Dec 2019

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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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