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The Labour Force Survey statistics describe labour market participation by population aged 15 to 89 monthly, quarterly and annually. Data are collected with a sample survey. Monthly and quarterly data are published on the 15 to 74 age group. The data content is based on EU Regulation.

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Number of employed and unemployed persons in August 2022 higher than one year ago

According to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey, the number of employed people was 30,000 higher in August 2022 than one year ago. The number of unemployed persons was 8,000 higher in August than one year ago. The trend of the employment rate was 73.6 per cent and the trend of the unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August.

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20.09.2022

Employment rate and trend of employment rate

	Employment rate, persons aged 15-64, %	Employment rate, persons aged 15-64, %, trend
2010M01	64.4	66.7
2010M02	65.2	66.7
2010M03	65.5	66.7
2010M04	66.0	66.7
2010M05	67.7	66.7
2010M06	69.6	66.8
2010M07	69.6	66.8
2010M08	68.2	66.9
2010M09	66.3	67.0
2010M10	66.8	67.0
2010M11	66.8	67.0
2010M12	65.5	67.1
2011M01	65.5	67.2
2011M02	66.3	67.3
2011M03	65.0	67.3
2011M04	67.4	67.4
2011M05	68.4	67.5
2011M06	70.3	67.6
2011M07	70.7	67.7
2011M08	69.1	67.8
2011M09	67.3	67.9
2011M10	67.3	68.0
2011M11	68.7	68.0
2011M12	66.1	68.0
2012M01	65.6	68.0
2012M02	67.4	68.0
2012M03	66.2	68.1
2012M04	67.7	68.1
2012M05	69.0	68.1
2012M06	70.6	68.1
2012M07	71.6	68.2
2012M08	69.3	68.2
2012M09	67.2	68.1
2012M10	68.1	68.1
2012M11	67.8	68.0
2012M12	66.3	67.9
2013M01	66.1	67.8
2013M02	66.4	67.7
2013M03	65.6	67.7
2013M04	68.0	67.8
2013M05	68.3	67.9
2013M06	71.0	67.9
2013M07	70.9	67.8
2013M08	68.6	67.7
2013M09	66.8	67.6
2013M10	67.6	67.5
2013M11	67.1	67.6
2013M12	66.0	67.6
2014M01	66.3	67.6
2014M02	66.1	67.6
2014M03	65.8	67.5
2014M04	67.4	67.5
2014M05	67.9	67.6
2014M06	70.8	67.7
2014M07	70.7	67.6
2014M08	68.2	67.5
2014M09	67.1	67.4
2014M10	66.9	67.3
2014M11	66.7	67.3
2014M12	66.4	67.3
2015M01	65.7	67.3
2015M02	65.6	67.3
2015M03	65.9	67.2
2015M04	67.1	67.1
2015M05	67.2	67.0
2015M06	69.7	66.9
2015M07	69.5	67.0
2015M08	67.7	67.2
2015M09	67.7	67.4
2015M10	67.5	67.3
2015M11	66.1	67.2
2015M12	66.0	67.1
2016M01	65.8	67.2
2016M02	65.2	67.4
2016M03	67.3	67.6
2016M04	67.1	67.6
2016M05	67.5	67.6
2016M06	71.2	67.7
2016M07	69.9	67.8
2016M08	68.6	68.0
2016M09	68.7	68.1
2016M10	67.7	68.1
2016M11	66.8	68.0
2016M12	67.6	67.9
2017M01	65.9	67.9
2017M02	66.0	68.0
2017M03	68.1	68.2
2017M04	67.6	68.3
2017M05	68.3	68.3
2017M06	71.4	68.4
2017M07	71.0	68.5
2017M08	69.7	68.7
2017M09	68.3	69.0
2017M10	68.8	69.3
2017M11	69.8	69.6
2017M12	68.9	69.8
2018M01	67.9	69.9
2018M02	68.8	70.0
2018M03	69.2	70.1
2018M04	69.1	70.4
2018M05	71.4	70.7
2018M06	74.6	70.9
2018M07	73.2	71.0
2018M08	72.1	71.0
2018M09	70.3	71.1
2018M10	70.7	71.2
2018M11	70.7	71.3
2018M12	70.9	71.5
2019M01	70.1	71.5
2019M02	69.8	71.5
2019M03	70.9	71.4
2019M04	70.4	71.4
2019M05	71.8	71.4
2019M06	74.5	71.4
2019M07	74.1	71.5
2019M08	72.1	71.6
2019M09	71.6	71.8
2019M10	71.3	71.9
2019M11	70.8	72.1
2019M12	72.2	72.3
2020M01	71.3	72.5
2020M02	70.0	72.6
2020M03	70.2	70.0
2020M04	69.6	69.8
2020M05	69.1	69.7
2020M06	72.8	69.6
2020M07	72.6	69.7
2020M08	70.1	69.8
2020M09	71.3	69.9
2020M10	70.9	70.1
2020M11	70.7	70.2
2020M12	70.0	70.3
2021M01	69.1	70.5
2021M02	70.0	70.8
2021M03	70.7	71.1
2021M04	70.1	71.4
2021M05	73.0	71.8
2021M06	75.8	72.2
2021M07	74.9	72.4
2021M08	73.4	72.5
2021M09	71.7	72.6
2021M10	72.3	72.8
2021M11	72.2	73.1
2021M12	73.3	73.3
2022M01	71.5	73.5
2022M02	72.7	73.6
2022M03	72.5	73.6
2022M04	72.7	73.6
2022M05	74.7	73.6
2022M06	76.9	73.6
2022M07	75.7	73.5
2022M08	74.2	73.6

20.09.2022

Unemployment rate and trend of unemployment rate, persons aged 15-74

	Unemployment rate, %	Unemployment rate, %, trend
2010M01	9.8	8.9
2010M02	9.3	8.8
2010M03	9.3	8.6
2010M04	9.4	8.5
2010M05	10.5	8.5
2010M06	9.1	8.6
2010M07	7.7	8.5
2010M08	7.4	8.4
2010M09	7.2	8.3
2010M10	7.5	8.2
2010M11	7.2	8.3
2010M12	8.1	8.3
2011M01	8.6	8.3
2011M02	8.5	8.3
2011M03	9.9	8.2
2011M04	8.4	8.1
2011M05	9.8	8.0
2011M06	8.7	8.0
2011M07	7.1	7.9
2011M08	6.6	7.8
2011M09	7.0	7.7
2011M10	7.1	7.6
2011M11	6.3	7.6
2011M12	7.6	7.7
2012M01	8.1	7.7
2012M02	7.7	7.7
2012M03	8.8	7.7
2012M04	8.3	7.7
2012M05	9.8	7.7
2012M06	8.0	7.8
2012M07	6.9	7.9
2012M08	7.4	8.0
2012M09	7.2	8.0
2012M10	6.9	8.0
2012M11	7.4	8.0
2012M12	7.2	8.1
2013M01	8.9	8.2
2013M02	9.0	8.3
2013M03	9.1	8.3
2013M04	9.0	8.3
2013M05	10.9	8.1
2013M06	7.8	8.0
2013M07	6.8	8.0
2013M08	7.2	8.1
2013M09	7.5	8.2
2013M10	7.4	8.4
2013M11	8.1	8.5
2013M12	7.9	8.5
2014M01	8.6	8.5
2014M02	9.3	8.6
2014M03	9.8	8.6
2014M04	9.1	8.6
2014M05	10.9	8.6
2014M06	9.1	8.5
2014M07	7.0	8.6
2014M08	7.6	8.7
2014M09	8.3	8.9
2014M10	8.4	9.1
2014M11	8.1	9.1
2014M12	8.8	9.2
2015M01	9.0	9.2
2015M02	10.3	9.3
2015M03	10.4	9.4
2015M04	10.3	9.4
2015M05	11.7	9.5
2015M06	10.2	9.6
2015M07	8.4	9.6
2015M08	8.4	9.5
2015M09	8.5	9.5
2015M10	8.8	9.5
2015M11	8.3	9.5
2015M12	9.2	9.4
2016M01	9.4	9.3
2016M02	9.7	9.1
2016M03	10.1	9.0
2016M04	9.7	8.9
2016M05	10.8	8.9
2016M06	9.4	8.9
2016M07	8.1	8.9
2016M08	7.6	8.8
2016M09	7.6	8.8
2016M10	8.2	8.9
2016M11	8.4	8.9
2016M12	8.0	8.9
2017M01	9.3	8.9
2017M02	9.6	8.9
2017M03	9.6	8.9
2017M04	10.3	8.9
2017M05	10.9	8.9
2017M06	9.0	8.8
2017M07	7.6	8.7
2017M08	7.5	8.6
2017M09	8.3	8.6
2017M10	7.6	8.5
2017M11	7.0	8.5
2017M12	8.5	8.5
2018M01	9.0	8.5
2018M02	8.8	8.3
2018M03	8.9	8.0
2018M04	8.5	7.7
2018M05	9.3	7.4
2018M06	7.0	7.3
2018M07	6.5	7.3
2018M08	6.7	7.2
2018M09	6.4	7.1
2018M10	6.5	7.0
2018M11	6.2	6.7
2018M12	5.4	6.5
2019M01	6.9	6.5
2019M02	7.3	6.7
2019M03	7.0	6.8
2019M04	8.1	6.9
2019M05	9.0	6.8
2019M06	6.4	6.7
2019M07	5.9	6.7
2019M08	6.1	6.7
2019M09	6.0	6.7
2019M10	6.2	6.7
2019M11	6.0	6.7
2019M12	6.0	6.7
2020M01	7.1	6.7
2020M02	6.9	6.7
2020M03	7.3	6.8
2020M04	8.0	6.8
2020M05	10.9	8.4
2020M06	7.7	8.3
2020M07	7.5	8.3
2020M08	7.8	8.3
2020M09	7.5	8.3
2020M10	7.4	8.2
2020M11	7.0	8.1
2020M12	7.6	8.1
2021M01	8.8	8.1
2021M02	8.3	8.1
2021M03	8.2	8.0
2021M04	9.6	8.1
2021M05	10.3	8.0
2021M06	7.6	7.8
2021M07	7.1	7.6
2021M08	6.5	7.4
2021M09	7.0	7.2
2021M10	6.0	7.1
2021M11	6.0	7.0
2021M12	6.7	6.9
2022M01	7.5	6.8
2022M02	6.7	6.7
2022M03	7.0	6.5
2022M04	6.9	6.4
2022M05	7.9	6.5
2022M06	6.8	6.8
2022M07	6.6	7.0
2022M08	6.7	7.1

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