Labour Market
Contents
- Population aged 15 to 74 by activity
- Employment rate, persons aged 15 to 64
- Employed persons aged 15 to 74 by industry
- Employees aged 15 to 74 by type of employment relationship
- Unemployed, aged 15 to 74 years of age
- Unemployment rate
- Commuting
Population aged 15 to 74 by activity
2000 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population aged 15 to 74, thousand | 3 901 | 4 043 | 4 128 | 4 133 |
Labour force | 2 589 | 2 672 | 2 750 | 2 741 |
Employed | 2 335 | 2 447 | 2 566 | 2 528 |
Unemployed | 253 | 224 | 184 | 213 |
Inactive population | 1 312 | 1 372 | 1 378 | 1 392 |
Labour force rate, % | 66,4 | 66,1 | 66,6 | 66,3 |
Unemployment rate, % | 9,8 | 8,4 | 6,7 | 7,8 |
Males | 9,1 | 9,1 | 7,2 | 8,0 |
Females | 10,6 | 7,6 | 6,2 | 7,5 |
Employed by type of employment relationship, thousand | ||||
Full-time work | 2 047 | 2 087 | 2 125 | 2 113 |
Part-time work | 286 | 358 | 439 | 414 |
Employed by employer sector, thousand | ||||
Private | 1 692 | 1 774 | 1 892 | 1 871 |
Local government | 486 | 510 | 531 | 495 |
Central government | 151 | 153 | 138 | 157 |
Employed by status in employment, thousand | ||||
Employees | 2 016 | 2 120 | 2 220 | 2 189 |
Self-employed persons and unpaid family workers | 319 | 328 | 345 | 340 |
Annual hours actually worked per employee, hours/year | ||||
Total | 1 638 | 1 584 | 1 582 | 1 581 |
Private sector | 1 673 | 1 614 | 1 606 | 1 592 |
Public sector | 1 563 | 1 520 | 1 526 | 1 554 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Employment rate, persons aged 15 to 64

Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Employed persons aged 15 to 74 by industry
Industry TOL 2008 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thousand persons | ||||
Agriculture, forestry and fishing; mining and quarrying | 146 | 115 | 105 | 99 |
Manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning and water supply; sewerage and waste management | 473 | 388 | 353 | 359 |
Construction | 147 | 172 | 193 | 188 |
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 277 | 298 | 287 | 270 |
Transportation and storage | 152 | 156 | 143 | 134 |
Accommodation and food service activities | 77 | 83 | 97 | 78 |
Information and communication | 89 | 95 | 123 | 130 |
Financial, insurance and real estate activities | 70 | 71 | 77 | 81 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities | 184 | 250 | 300 | 312 |
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 115 | 117 | 113 | 121 |
Education | 165 | 174 | 187 | 189 |
Human health and social work activities | 326 | 379 | 422 | 411 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities | 109 | 139 | 157 | 149 |
Industry unknown | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
Total | 2 335 | 2 447 | 2 566 | 2 528 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Employees aged 15 to 74 by type of employment relationship
Employees total |
Employees total |
Permanent full-time work |
Permanent part-time work |
Fixed-term work | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
Thousand persons | Per cent of employees | |||||||
2010 | 2 120 | 100 | 40,1 | 34,4 | 2,7 | 7,1 | 6,1 | 9,5 |
2011 | 2 144 | 100 | 39,7 | 34,3 | 3,1 | 7,2 | 6,3 | 9,4 |
2012 | 2 146 | 100 | 39,5 | 34,5 | 3,1 | 7,3 | 6,2 | 9,4 |
2013 | 2 126 | 100 | 39,8 | 34,5 | 2,9 | 7,3 | 6,1 | 9,4 |
2014 | 2 104 | 100 | 39,3 | 34,7 | 3,2 | 7,2 | 6,1 | 9,5 |
2015 | 2 091 | 100 | 39,1 | 35,1 | 3,4 | 7,1 | 6,1 | 9,3 |
2016 | 2 106 | 100 | 39,4 | 34,0 | 3,3 | 7,6 | 6,5 | 9,4 |
2017 | 2 148 | 100 | 39,8 | 33,3 | 3,2 | 7,6 | 6,6 | 9,5 |
2018 | 2 204 | 100 | 39,7 | 33,2 | 3,3 | 7,4 | 6,7 | 9,8 |
2019 | 2 221 | 100 | 40,0 | 33,2 | 3,2 | 7,9 | 6,4 | 9,3 |
2020 | 2 189 | 100 | 40,2 | 34,4 | 3,4 | 7,1 | 6,1 | 8,8 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Unemployed, aged 15 to 74 years of age

Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Unemployment rate
Total | Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aged 15 to 74 | Aged 15 to 24 | |||
% | % | % | % | |
2010 | 8,4 | 9,1 | 7,6 | 21,4 |
2011 | 7,8 | 8,4 | 7,1 | 20,1 |
2012 | 7,7 | 8,3 | 7,1 | 19,0 |
2013 | 8,2 | 8,8 | 7,5 | 19,9 |
2014 | 8,7 | 9,3 | 8,0 | 20,5 |
2015 | 9,4 | 9,9 | 8,8 | 22,4 |
2016 | 8,8 | 9,0 | 8,6 | 20,1 |
2017 | 8,6 | 8,9 | 8,4 | 20,1 |
2018 | 7,4 | 7,4 | 7,3 | 17,0 |
2019 | 6,7 | 7,2 | 6,2 | 17,2 |
2020 | 7,8 | 8,0 | 7,5 | 21,4 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Labour force survey
Updated: 8.2.2021
Commuting
Persons working outside their municipality of residence | Persons working in their municipality of residence | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | % | Total | % | |
1990 | 506 191 | 21,9 | 1 802 325 | 78,1 |
2000 | 605 670 | 27,5 | 1 598 755 | 72,5 |
2010 | 751 997 | 32,3 | 1 573 682 | 67,7 |
2011 | 771 275 | 32,8 | 1 583 147 | 67,2 |
2012 | 770 026 | 32,9 | 1 569 878 | 67,1 |
2013 | 760 693 | 33,0 | 1 541 058 | 67,0 |
2014 | 756 378 | 33,3 | 1 517 698 | 66,7 |
2015 | 758 472 | 33,6 | 1 497 987 | 66,4 |
2016 | 775 470 | 34,1 | 1 500 209 | 65,9 |
2017 | 805 485 | 34,6 | 1 522 245 | 65,4 |
2018 | 825 517 | 34,8 | 1 548 151 | 65,2 |
Regional division as on 1 January 2020
Source: Statistics Finland, Employment
Updated: 8.2.2021
Main topic: Labour Market
Last updated 8 Feb 2021