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Unemployment rate in Finland

How hard is it to have a job there?

Finland's unemployment rate is 9.46 % — #104 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

9.46%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Finland over time

11.13 %8.75 %6.37 %11.13 % · 20006.37 % · 20082000: 11.13 %2001: 10.29 %2002: 10.42 %2003: 10.47 %2004: 10.36 %2005: 9.60 %2006: 8.94 %2007: 6.85 %2008: 6.37 %2009: 8.25 %2010: 8.39 %2011: 7.78 %2012: 7.69 %2013: 8.19 %2014: 8.66 %2015: 9.38 %2016: 8.82 %2017: 8.64 %2018: 7.36 %2019: 6.70 %2020: 7.76 %2021: 7.62 %2022: 6.72 %2023: 7.15 %2024: 8.40 %2025: 9.46 %2000201220259.46 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#104 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
16 %
20 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.67 pp
peak 11.13 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 1.67 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #32 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +4.21 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Finland: ahead of 16 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentFinland 9.46 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Finland is ahead of 16 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Finland
102 Bahamas9.21 %−0.25 pp
103 Zimbabwe9.29 %−0.17 pp
104 Finland9.46 %—
105 Ukraine9.83 %+0.37 pp
106 Spain10.38 %+0.91 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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