Finland: unemployed people by region and gender

This statistic shows the number of unemployed people in Finland in 2017, by region and gender. While there were more unemployed males than females in every region, the gender difference was greatest in Western Finland with 34 thousand men and and 28 thousand women unemployed.

Number of unemployed people in Finland in 2017, by region and gender (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Male	Female
Helsinki-Uusimaa	35	34
Southern Finland	25	21
Western Finland	34	28
Northern and Eastern Finland	31	26
Whole Finland (incl. Åland)	125	109

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

12,000 respondents

Age group

15-74

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

The Labour Force Survey data collection is based on a random sample drawn twice a year from the Statistics Finland population database. The monthly sample consists of some 12,000 persons and the data are collected with computer-assisted telephone interviews.

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