Finland’s unemployment rate rose to 10.4% in January 2026 from 9.5% in the same month last year. This marked the highest reading since May, driven by a rise in the number of unemployed persons, which grew by 26,000 year-on-year to 295,000. Of that total, 166,000 were men and 129,000 were women. The jobless rate for men rose to 11.5%, 1.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier, while the rate for women increased to 9.4%, up 0.6 percentage points. Youth unemployment also rose, with the share of unemployed people aged 15–24 in the labour force reaching 23.7% in January, 3.6 percentage points higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, the number of employed persons decreased by 25 thousand to 2.531 million, while the labor force participation rate edged down to 67.7% from 67.8% a year ago. The employment rate for persons aged 20-64 declined to 74.8% from 75.8%. source: Statistics Finland
Unemployment Rate in Finland increased to 10.40 percent in January from 9.80 percent in December of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Finland averaged 6.56 percent from 1959 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 19.90 percent in May of 1994 and a record low of 0.70 percent in September of 1961. This page provides the latest reported value for - Finland Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Finland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Finland increased to 10.40 percent in January from 9.80 percent in December of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Finland is expected to be 10.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Finland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 9.30 percent in 2027 and 8.60 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.