Unemployment Rate in Finland decreased to 9.90 percent in June from 10.50 percent in May of 2025. This dataset 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.

Among European Union countries in March 2025, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 10.9 percent, followed by Finland at 9.4 percent. By contrast, Czechia has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, at 2.6 percent. The overall rate of unemployment in the European Union was 5.8 percent in the same month - a historical low-point for unemployment in the EU, which had been at over 10 percent for much of the 2010s.

Youth Unemployment Rate in Finland decreased to 22.20 percent in June from 28.10 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Finland Youth Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In the first half of the last decade, Norway had the lowest unemployment rates of the Nordic countries, whereas Iceland had the lowest rates at the second half of the decade. However, in 2020, after the outbreak of COVID-19, Iceland's unemployment rate rose sharply, overtaking both Norway and Denmark. Since 2013, Finland had the highest unemployment rates in the Nordic region, but were overtaken by Sweden in 2020. In 2023, Sweden had an unemployment rate of close to nine percent.

Finland - Unemployment rate was 9.20% in March of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Finland - Unemployment rate reached a record high of 9.60% in June of 2015 and a record low of 6.50% in June of 2022.

Finland - Youth unemployment rate: Males was 19.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Youth unemployment rate: Males - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Finland - Youth unemployment rate: Males reached a record high of 26.00% in December of 2015 and a record low of 14.40% in December of 2022.

Finland Unemployment Rate: 35 to 44 Years data was reported at 4.300 % in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.700 % for Aug 2018. Finland Unemployment Rate: 35 to 44 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 6.500 % from Jan 1989 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 357 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.200 % in Jan 1994 and a record low of 1.400 % in Sep 1990. Finland Unemployment Rate: 35 to 44 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Finland. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.G014: Unemployment Rate: by Gender and Age Group.

In 2023, the unemployment rate in Finland was at 8.4 percent. Unemployment increased among the younger age groups during 2024, but the highest rate was measured among young people aged 15 to 24 years. The unemployment rate among 15 to 24 year-olds stood at 18.8 percent in 2024, while the rate for people aged 35 to 44 years was at 6.5 percent.

Finland Unemployment Rate: Male: 25 to 34 Years data was reported at 5.700 % in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.800 % for Sep 2018. Finland Unemployment Rate: Male: 25 to 34 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 8.200 % from Jan 1989 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 358 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.200 % in Jan 1994 and a record low of 1.500 % in Jun 1990. Finland Unemployment Rate: Male: 25 to 34 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Finland. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.G014: Unemployment Rate: by Gender and Age Group.

Finland - Youth unemployment rate was 18.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Youth unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Finland - Youth unemployment rate reached a record high of 31.90% in December of 1996 and a record low of 14.20% in December of 2022.

Finland - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) was 4.30% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Finland - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) reached a record high of 6.00% in December of 2015 and a record low of 3.30% in December of 2008.

Finland - Unemployment rate: Males was 9.20% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Unemployment rate: Males - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Finland - Unemployment rate: Males reached a record high of 10.20% in December of 2015 and a record low of 7.10% in December of 2022.

Finland - Unemployment rate: From 20 to 64 years was 7.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Unemployment rate: From 20 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Finland - Unemployment rate: From 20 to 64 years reached a record high of 8.80% in December of 2015 and a record low of 5.60% in December of 2008.

Finland - Harmonised unemployment rate was 9.10% in April of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Harmonised unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Finland - Harmonised unemployment rate reached a record high of 9.40% in March of 2025 and a record low of 6.20% in May of 2022.

Of the Nordic countries, Sweden had the highest unemployment rare among women in 2023. Finland had the highest unemployment rates from 2014 to 2018, but its female unemployment rate fell by more than two percentage points from 2017 to 2019. Meanwhile, Norway had the lowest female unemployment rate in 2023 with *** percent. Female unemployment rates are similar to those among men.

Finland - Total unemployment rate was 5.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Total unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Finland - Total unemployment rate reached a record high of 6.10% in December of 2015 and a record low of 4.50% in December of 2019.

Finland Unemployment Rate: 25 to 34 Years data was reported at 5.600 % in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.400 % for Sep 2018. Finland Unemployment Rate: 25 to 34 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 8.500 % from Jan 1989 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 358 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.000 % in Jan 1994 and a record low of 1.500 % in Jun 1989. Finland Unemployment Rate: 25 to 34 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Finland. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.G014: Unemployment Rate: by Gender and Age Group.

Finland: Unemployment rate: The latest value from 2023 is 7.16 percent, an increase from 6.72 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 6.99 percent, based on data from 178 countries. Historically, the average for Finland from 1991 to 2023 is 9.83 percent. The minimum value, 6.37 percent, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 17 percent was recorded in 1995.

This statistic shows the unemployment and employment rates in comparison in Finland in 2017, by age group. The rate of unemployment varied according to age, with the highest rate of unemployment occurring among younger age groups. In 2017, 20.1 percent of individuals aged 15 to 24 years old were unemployed. In the same age group 41.4 percent were employed.

The statistic reflects the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in member states of the European Union in November 2024. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Spain in November 2024 was 11.2 percent.The unemployment rate represents the share of the unemployed in all potential employees available to the job market. Unemployment rates in the EU The unemployment rate is an important measure of a country or region’s economic health, and despite unemployment levels in the European Union falling slightly from a peak in early 2013 , they remain high, especially in comparison to what the rates were before the worldwide recession started in 2008. This confirms the continuing stagnation in European markets, which hits young job seekers particularly hard as they struggle to compete against older, more experienced workers for a job, suffering under jobless rates twice as high as general unemployment. Some companies, such as Microsoft and Fujitsu, have created thousands of jobs in some of the countries which have particularly dire unemployment rates, creating a beacon of hope. However, some industries such as information technology, face the conundrum of a deficit of qualified workers in the local unemployed work force, and have to hire workers from abroad instead of helping decrease the local unemployment rates. This skills mismatch has no quick solution, as workers require time for retraining to fill the openings in the growing science-, technology-, or engineering-based jobs, and too few students choose degrees that would help them obtain these positions. Worldwide unemployment also remains high, with the rates being worst in the Middle East and North Africa. Estimates by the International Labour Organization predict that the problem will stabilize in coming years, but not improve until at least 2017.