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

• 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
• Data of the Job Vacancy Survey for the first quarter are being corrected
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  18 Jun 2014

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Unemployment rate 7.2 per cent in August
  20 Sep 2016
• Unemployment rate 7.8 per cent in July
  23 Aug 2016
• Slightly more open job vacancies in the second quarter than one year earlier
  17 Aug 2016
• Unemployment rate 9.3 per cent in June
  26 Jul 2016
• Unemployment rate 10.8 per cent in May
  21 Jun 2016
• Unemployment rate 9.8 per cent in April
  24 May 2016
• Slightly more open job vacancies in the first quarter than one year earlier
  18 May 2016

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2015, Families and work (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Oct 2016
• Labour force survey 2016, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Oct 2016
• Job vacancy survey 2016, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  16 Nov 2016
• Labour force survey 2016, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Nov 2016
• Occupational accident statistics 2014 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  30 Nov 2016
• Labour force survey 2016, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Dec 2016

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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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