EU 6.25
· European ranking
4 / 34
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Finland: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
9.70% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +3.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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Regional map
· 2025 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+9.28
10.60
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2-1.03
9.60
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4-7.22
9.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Finland performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Finland
In Finland, Unemployment rate is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 9.7% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 3.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Finland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 7.70% in 2020 to 9.70% in 2025. The latest step, from 8.40% in 2024 to 9.70% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Finland
In Finland, regional values for Unemployment rate are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Helsinki-Uusimaa records the highest value (10.6%) and Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi the lowest (9%), a gap of 1.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Finland, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.