Finland’s unemployment rate increased to 9.3% in July 2025 from 7.9% in the same month of the previous year. The number of unemployed persons climbed by 40 thousand from a year earlier to 269 thousand, while the number of employed persons decreased by 43 thousand to 2.637 million. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 increased to 16.8%, which was 5.3 percentage points higher than a year ago. The activity rate for persons aged 15 to 74 edged down to 69.8% from 70.1% a year ago, while the employment rate for persons aged 20 to 64 declined to 76.5% from 77.4%. source: Statistics Finland
Unemployment Rate in Finland decreased to 9.30 percent in July from 9.90 percent in June of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Finland averaged 6.53 percent from 1959 until 2025, 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 September of 2025.
Unemployment Rate in Finland decreased to 9.30 percent in July from 9.90 percent in June of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Finland is expected to be 9.10 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 8.80 percent in 2026 and 8.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.