Labour Market
Population by activity
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| 1 000 persons | ||||||||||||
| Mean population | 4 986 | 5 176 | 5 246 | 5 266 | 5 289 | 5 313 | 5 339 | 5 363 | 5 388 | 5 414 | 5 439 | *5 463 |
| Population aged 15–74 | 3 737 | 3 901 | 3 948 | 3 963 | 3 981 | 4 004 | 4 025 | 4 043 | 4 059 | 4 075 | 4 087 | 4 095 |
| Labour force | 2 586 | 2 589 | 2 621 | 2 648 | 2 675 | 2 703 | 2 678 | 2 672 | 2 682 | 2 690 | 2 676 | 2 679 |
| Employed | 2 504 | 2 335 | 2 401 | 2 443 | 2 492 | 2 531 | 2 457 | 2 447 | 2 474 | 2 483 | 2 457 | 2 447 |
| Unemployed | 82 | 253 | 220 | 204 | 183 | 172 | 221 | 224 | 209 | 207 | 219 | 232 |
| Inactive population | 1 151 | 1 312 | 1 327 | 1 315 | 1 306 | 1 301 | 1 347 | 1 372 | 1 376 | 1 385 | 1 411 | 1 416 |
| Labour force rate, % | 69,2 | 66,4 | 66,4 | 66,8 | 67,2 | 67,5 | 66,5 | 66,1 | 66,1 | 66,0 | 65,5 | 65,4 |
| Unemployment rate, % | 3,2 | 9,8 | 8,4 | 7,7 | 6,9 | 6,4 | 8,2 | 8,4 | 7,8 | 7,7 | 8,2 | 8,7 |
| Employment rate (persons aged 15–64), % | 74,1 | 66,9 | 68,0 | 68,9 | 69,9 | 70,6 | 68,3 | 67,8 | 68,6 | 69,0 | 68,5 | 68,3 |
| Employed | 2 504 | 2 335 | 2 401 | 2 443 | 2 492 | 2 531 | 2 457 | 2 447 | 2 474 | 2 483 | 2 457 | 2 447 |
| Hours worked | ||||||||||||
| Part-time work | 238 | 286 | 330 | 343 | 351 | 338 | 343 | 358 | 369 | 374 | 370 | 377 |
| Full-time work | 2 267 | 2 047 | 2 071 | 2 099 | 2 140 | 2 192 | 2 113 | 2 087 | 2 102 | 2 108 | 2 086 | 2 068 |
| Unknown | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Employer | ||||||||||||
| Private | 1 793 | 1 692 | 1 744 | 1 786 | 1 830 | 1 856 | 1 794 | 1 774 | 1 796 | 1 808 | 1 781 | 1 764 |
| Local government | 482 | 486 | 506 | 507 | 505 | 509 | 502 | 510 | 517 | 522 | 526 | 534 |
| Central government | 226 | 151 | 147 | 149 | 152 | 157 | 155 | 153 | 151 | 144 | 142 | 139 |
| Unknown | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Industrial status | ||||||||||||
| Self-employed persons and assisting family members | 388 | 319 | 303 | 314 | 314 | 324 | 334 | 328 | 331 | 337 | 330 | 343 |
| Wage and salary earners | 2 116 | 2 016 | 2 098 | 2 129 | 2 178 | 2 207 | 2 123 | 2 120 | 2 143 | 2 146 | 2 127 | 2 105 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industry (TOL 2008) | ||||||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing; mining and quarrying (A, B) | . . | 146 | 121 | 118 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 115 | 110 | 109 | 107 | 109 |
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Manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning and water supply; sewerage and waste management (C-E) |
. . | 473 | 441 | 443 | 446 | 443 | 406 | 388 | 384 | 382 | 377 | 359 |
| Construction (F) | . . | 147 | 159 | 164 | 174 | 186 | 175 | 172 | 176 | 175 | 176 | 169 |
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Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) |
. . | 277 | 295 | 298 | 305 | 311 | 296 | 298 | 303 | 300 | 296 | 290 |
| Transportation and storage (H) | . . | 152 | 144 | 154 | 151 | 153 | 153 | 156 | 147 | 144 | 142 | 140 |
| Accommodation and food service activities (I) | . . | 77 | 78 | 78 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
| Information and communication (J) | . . | 89 | 92 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 99 | 101 | 100 | 100 |
| Financial, insurance and real estate activities (K, L) | . . | 70 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 74 |
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Professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities (M, N) |
. . | 184 | 224 | 235 | 250 | 253 | 244 | 250 | 253 | 261 | 260 | 269 |
| Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (O) | . . | 115 | 126 | 123 | 119 | 117 | 116 | 117 | 116 | 113 | 111 | 106 |
| Education (P) | . . | 165 | 166 | 171 | 168 | 165 | 164 | 174 | 179 | 175 | 175 | 180 |
| Human health and social work activities (Q) | . . | 326 | 355 | 364 | 370 | 382 | 388 | 379 | 396 | 409 | 399 | 402 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities (R-U) | . . | 109 | 127 | 127 | 135 | 136 | 138 | 139 | 141 | 142 | 144 | 151 |
| Industry unknown (X) | . . | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| Hours worked, million hours | 4 415 | I 4 019 | 4 000 | 4 055 | 4 112 | 4 211 | 3 958 | 3 998 | 4 034 | 4 040 | 3 964 | 3 956 |
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* preliminary data I line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series |
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Source: Statistics Finland, Labour Market
Table in Excel format suoluk_tyol1.xls
Last updated: 22.1.2015
Unemployment
| Unemployed, 1 000 persons | Unemployment rate, % | |||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | |
| 1990 | 82 | 49 | 33 | 3,2 | 3,6 | 2,7 |
| 1991 | 169 | 106 | 62 | 6,6 | 8,0 | 5,1 |
| 1992 | 292 | 178 | 114 | 11,7 | 13,6 | 9,6 |
| 1993 | 405 | 235 | 170 | 16,3 | 18,1 | 14,4 |
| 1994 | 408 | 235 | 174 | 16,6 | 18,1 | 14,8 |
| 1995 | 382 | 204 | 178 | 15,4 | 15,7 | 15,1 |
| 1996 | 363 | 186 | 176 | 14,6 | 14,3 | 14,9 |
| 1997 | 314 | 160 | 154 | 12,7 | 12,3 | 13,0 |
| 1998 | 285 | 143 | 142 | 11,4 | 10,9 | 12,0 |
| 1999 | 261 | 130 | 131 | 10,2 | 9,8 | 10,7 |
| 2000 | 253 | 122 | 131 | 9,8 | 9,1 | 10,6 |
| 2001 | 238 | 117 | 121 | 9,1 | 8,6 | 9,7 |
| 2002 | 237 | 123 | 114 | 9,1 | 9,1 | 9,1 |
| 2003 | 235 | 124 | 111 | 9,0 | 9,2 | 8,9 |
| 2004 | 229 | 118 | 111 | 8,8 | 8,7 | 8,9 |
| 2005 | 220 | 111 | 109 | 8,4 | 8,2 | 8,6 |
| 2006 | 204 | 101 | 104 | 7,7 | 7,4 | 8,1 |
| 2007 | 183 | 90 | 93 | 6,9 | 6,5 | 7,2 |
| 2008 | 172 | 85 | 87 | 6,4 | 6,1 | 6,7 |
| 2009 | 221 | 122 | 99 | 8,2 | 8,9 | 7,6 |
| 2010 | 224 | 126 | 98 | 8,4 | 9,1 | 7,6 |
| 2011 | 209 | 117 | 91 | 7,8 | 8,4 | 7,1 |
| 2012 | 207 | 115 | 92 | 7,7 | 8,3 | 7,1 |
| 2013 | 219 | 122 | 97 | 8,2 | 8,8 | 7,5 |
| 2014 | 232 | 129 | 103 | 8,7 | 9,3 | 8,0 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Labour Market
Table in Excel format suoluk_tyol2.xls
Last updated: 20.1.2015
Last updated 22.1.2015
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