Unemployment - Finland
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Finland is 8.10 (%) with a global rank of 94.
Finland compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Finland is similar to that of Mauritius, Guam, Oman, Mali, Sweden, Ukraine, Bermuda, Eritrea, Venezuela, Costa Rica with a respective Unemployment of 8.30, 8.20, 8.10, 8.10, 8.10, 8.00, 8.00, 7.90, 7.90, 7.90 (%) and a global rank of 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.Last 10 years averageFinland had an average Unemployment of 7.89 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Finland during the Great RecessionFinland's Unemployment had a positive growth of 17.1% during the Great RecessionFinland since the end of the Great RecessionFinland's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 1.22% since the end of the Great Recession
Finland compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Finland is similar to that of Mauritius, Guam, Oman, Mali, Sweden, Ukraine, Bermuda, Eritrea, Venezuela, Costa Rica with a respective Unemployment of 8.30, 8.20, 8.10, 8.10, 8.10, 8.00, 8.00, 7.90, 7.90, 7.90 (%) and a global rank of 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.Last 10 years averageFinland had an average Unemployment of 7.89 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Finland during the Great RecessionFinland's Unemployment had a positive growth of 17.1% during the Great RecessionFinland since the end of the Great RecessionFinland's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 1.22% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 6.50 |
1992 | 11.60 |
1993 | 16.20 |
1994 | 16.40 |
1995 | 15.30 |
1996 | 14.40 |
1997 | 12.60 |
1998 | 11.40 |
1999 | 10.10 |
2000 | 9.70 |
2001 | 9.10 |
2002 | 8.50 |
2003 | 9.00 |
2004 | 8.80 |
2005 | 8.40 |
2006 | 7.00 |
2007 | 6.90 |
2008 | 6.40 |
2009 | 8.20 |
2010 | 8.40 |
2011 | 7.80 |
2012 | 7.80 |
2013 | 8.10 |
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Mauritius | 89 | 8.30 |
Guam | 90 | 8.20 |
Oman | 91 | 8.10 |
Mali | 92 | 8.10 |
Sweden | 93 | 8.10 |
Finland | 94 | 8.10 |
Ukraine | 95 | 8.00 |
Bermuda | 96 | 8.00 |
Eritrea | 97 | 7.90 |
Venezuela | 98 | 7.90 |
Costa Rica | 99 | 7.90 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators