Finland: monthly unemployment rate 2022

The monthly unemployment rate in Finland fluctuated in the period of January 2020 to February 2022, ranging from six to around 11 percent. During mid 2020, the unemployment rate peaked at about eleven percent, but started to decrease again in the end of 2020. In May 2020, the unemployment rate peaked again at 10.5 percent as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but declined again in the following months.

Monthly unemployment rate in Finland from January 2020 to February 2022

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
Feb 22	6.8%
Jan 22	7.6%
Dec 21	6.8%
Nov 21	6.1%
Oct 21	6.2%
Sep 21	7.1%
Aug 21	6.6%
Jul 21	7.2%
Jun 21	7.8%
May 21	10.5%
Apr 21	9.8%
Mar 21	8.4%
Feb 21	8.5%
Jan 21	9.1%
Dec 20	7.8%
Nov 20	7.1%
Oct 20	7.6%
Sep 20	7.6%
Aug 20	8.1%
Jul 20	7.6%
Jun 20	7.9%
May 20	11.2%
Apr 20	8.2%
Mar 20	7.5%
Feb 20	7.1%
Jan 20	7.2%

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

January 2020 to February 2022

Age group

15-64 years

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "The Labour Force Survey was renewed at the beginning of 2021 and the data for 2011 to 2020 have been corrected retrospectively in accordance with the new estimation method."