Unemployment rate rises to 10.4% in Finland in September

The number of unemployed persons aged 15 to 74 was 298,000 (margin of error ±24,000) in Finland in September this year, which was 39,000 more than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.

The number of unemployed men was 159,000 and that of unemployed women 139,000.

In September, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 10.4 per cent, having been 9.1 per cent one year earlier.

The unemployment rate of men stood at 10.9 per cent, which was 1.4 percentage points higher than one year before.

The unemployment rate of women stood at 9.8 per cent, which was 1.1 percentage points higher than in the previous year.

In September, the share of the unemployed aged 15 to 24 among the labour force stood at 22.0 per cent, which was 5.4 percentage points higher than one year earlier.

The trend of the unemployment rate among young people was 23.5 per cent. The share of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 among the population in the same age group was 10.8 per cent.

Meanwhile, in September 2026, the number of employed persons aged 15 to 74 was 2,578,000 (margin of error ±33,000), which was 11,000 fewer than one year earlier. There were 59,000 fewer employed men and 48,000 more employed women than in September last year.

In September, the non-seasonally adjusted employment rate, that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 20 to 64, stood at 75.1 per cent, having been 75.9 per cent in this age group one year earlier.

The employment rate of men aged 20 to 64 fell by 2.5 percentage points to 74.7 per cent and the employment rate of women grew by 1.0 percentage points to 75.5 per cent from one year ago.

The employment rate of persons aged 20 to 69 fell by 0.8 percentage points from last year's September to 70.1 per cent.