Finland’s unemployment rate rose to 10.4% in September 2026 from 9.1% in the same month last year, marking the highest level since May. The number of unemployed increase by 39,000 from a year earlier to 298,000, comprising 159,000 men and 139,000 women. By gender, the male unemployment rate rose to 10.9%, while the female rate increase to 9.8%, 1.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Among younger workers aged 15–24, the unemployment rate ticked up to 22.0%, which was 5.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Meanwhile, employment decrease by 11,000 to 2.578 million, bringing the labour force participation rate to 69.0% from 68.3% a year earlier. The employment rate for those aged 20–64 also climbed to 75.1% from 75.9%. source: Statistics Finland
Unemployment Rate in Finland increased to 10.40 percent in September from 9.10 percent in August of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Finland averaged 6.60 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 October of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Finland increased to 10.40 percent in September from 9.10 percent in August of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Finland is expected to be 10.40 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 9.90 percent in 2027 and 9.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.