Work & Labour in Finland

1,038 indicators covering work & labour for Finland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Workers in the reference group 2,628 2023 up 7.0% 43rd
Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 4,252 Hours 2024 up 5.5% 15th
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 3.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2021 up 7.4% 28th
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 706 Persons 2024 up 12.7% 20th
Gender wage gap 16.81 2022 down 4.7% 13th
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 31.93 2020 down 0.5% 61st
Part-time employment - Regions 511,800 Persons 2025 up 35.3% 17th
Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 3 National currency 2025 up 137.5% 2nd
Dentists — Health and social employment 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 down 2.3% 18th
Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 155,605 2020 down 0.4% 14th
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.45 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 3.4% 29th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 6,409 National currency 2025 up 291.7% 15th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 16.8% 2022 down 4.7% 12th
Gender wage gap 16.8% 2022 down 4.7% 12th
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 16.8% 2022 down 4.7% 12th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 16.8% 2022 down 4.7% 12th
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 16.8% 2022 down 4.7% 12th
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 8.31 2020 down 7.9% 28th
Hospital employment 15.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 2.6% 15th
Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 150,245 2019 down 3.8% 14th
Gender wage gap 6.78 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2024 down 25.9% 23rd
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 11.32 2020 up 3.9% 16th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 2.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 11.5% 4th
Annual working hours per person employed 1,635 Hours 2016 down 3.4% 27th
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 21.6 2022 up 11.7% 48th
Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 69.9% 2007 up 5.3% 13th
Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 106.8 Index 2026 up 8.6% 5th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 99.6% 2024 down 0.4% 1st
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 9.61 2025 up 2.5% 13th
Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 9.61 2025 up 2.5% 13th
Unemployment rate 10.66 2025 down 19.4% 9th
Unemployment 268.1 2025 down 18.7% 36th
Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 392.94 2025 down 11.7% 43rd
Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 44.14 2025 down 9.5% 46th
Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 497.23 2025 up 6.5% 38th
Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 323.9 2025 down 12.4% 43rd
Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 36.39 2025 down 10.3% 51st
Working-age population 4,672 2025 up 5.2% 39th
Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 17.57 2025 up 4.3% 9th
Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 7.76 2025 down 5.6% 13th
Labour force participation rate 53.84 2025 down 4.1% 50th
Labour force 2,516 2025 up 0.9% 43rd
Persons outside the labour force 2,157 2025 up 10.7% 35th
Employment-to-population ratio 48.1 2025 down 1.3% 52nd
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 10.66 2025 down 19.4% 9th
Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 5,655 Thousand persons 2026 up 2.8% 24th
Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 56.39 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 22.7% 29th
Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 85.96 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 22.7% 33rd
Nurses — Health and social employment 21.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 14.0% 4th
SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 12.85 2025 down 2.9% 24th
Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 289 Thousand persons 2026 up 39.6% 20th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 13.64 2020 up 4.8% 18th
Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 277.77 2025 up 10.2% 31st
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 55.02 2025 up 3.0% 46th
Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,613 2025 up 7.2% 43rd
Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,858 2025 down 0.7% 40th
Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 60.87 2025 up 3.2% 42nd
Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 1.06 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 3.5% 23rd
Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,891 2025 up 7.5% 42nd