Published: 23 February 2010
Unemployment rate 9.5 per cent in January
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, there were 87,000 fewer persons employed in January 2010 than in January 2009. The number of unemployed persons increased by 66,000 and the unemployment rate went up by 2.6 percentage points from twelve months back. The number of persons not in the labour force was 42,000 higher in January 2010 than one year earlier.
Unemployment rate and trend of unemployment rate 1989/01 – 2010/01
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In January 2010, the number of employed persons was 2,367,000, which was 87,000 lower than a year earlier. In January of the year before the number had already fallen by 26,000. This January the number of employed persons was at approximately the same level as in January 2006 and 2007. The numbers of both wage and salary earners and self-employed persons decreased. The number of employed persons diminished in the areas of all Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) apart from that of Lapland. Employment fell most in the area of Southwestern Finland AVI.
In January, the employment rate , that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 15 to 64, stood at 65.5 per cent, which was 2.7 percentage points lower than one year before. Adjusted for seasonal and random variation, the trend of the employment rate was 67.1 per cent. From last year’s January, men’s employment rate fell by 3.1 percentage points to 66.4 per cent and women’s by 2.4 percentage points to 64.7 per cent.
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, there were 250,000 unemployed in January 2010, i.e. 66,000 more than in January of the year before. The number of unemployed men grew by 49,000 and that of unemployed women by 17,000.
At 9.5 per cent, the unemployment rate was 2.6 percentage points higher in January than one year earlier. The trend of the unemployment rate was 9.1 per cent in January. The unemployment rate for men rose by 3.6 percentage points to 10.8 per cent, and that for women by 1.5 percentage points to 8.2 per cent. This January the unemployment rate among young people aged 15 to 24 was 22.7 per cent, which was 7.1 percentage points higher than in last year’s January. The trend of the unemployment rate among young people was 23.7 per cent. The unemployment rate was lowest in the area of Southern Finland AVI, where it stood at 7.6 per cent, and highest, at 14.1 per cent, in the area of Eastern Finland AVI.
In January 2010, there were 1,418,000 persons of working age not in the labour force , which was 42,000 more than one year earlier.
Changes in the labour force 2010/01 – 2009/01 according to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey
Year/Month | Change | ||
2010/01 | 2009/01 | 2010/01 - 2009/01 | |
1000 persons | Per cent (%) | ||
Population aged 15-74 | 4 035 | 4 015 | 0,5 |
Labour force, total | 2 617 | 2 639 | –0,8 |
Employed, total | 2 367 | 2 455 | –3,6 |
– employees | 2 050 | 2 128 | –5,0 |
– self-employed persons and unpaid family workers | 317 | 327 | –2,8 |
Unemployed persons | 250 | 184 | 35,6 |
Total persons not in labour force | 1 418 | 1 377 | 3,0 |
Per cent (%) | Percentage points | ||
Employment rate (persons aged 15 to 64), % | 65,5 | 68,3 | –2,7 |
Unemployment rate, % | 9,5 | 7,0 | 2,6 |
Labour force participation rate, % | 64,9 | 65,7 | –0,9 |
Unrounded figures are used in the
Change column. The data comply with the ILO/EU definition. |
Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
At the end of January 2010, there were altogether 297,000 persons registered, in accordance with the Unemployment Security Act and the Employment Office Regulations, as job seekers at the employment and economic development offices . The number of unemployed job seekers was 50,000 higher than in January 2009.
Unemployment grew from the previous year in the areas of all other ELY Centres apart from those of Kainuu (–4%) and North Karelia (–1%). The number of unemployed job seekers increased most in Southwest Finland (36%), Åland (36%), Uusimaa (34%) and Pirkanmaa (27%). At the end of January, the number of temporarily laid off persons registered at the employment and economic development offices was 35,000, which was 9,000 more than twelve months earlier.
The number of persons covered by labour market policy measures totalled 78,000 at the end of January, which was 1,000 more than in January of the year before. Altogether 3.0 per cent of the labour force was covered by labour market policy measures.
There were 38,000 unemployed job seekers aged under 25 registered at the employment and economic development offices. Their number was 7,000 higher than in last year's January. During this January, 38,000 new vacancies were reported to the employment and economic development offices, which is 7,000 fewer than in January 2009.
Changes 2010/01 – 2009/01 according to the Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Year/Month | Change | ||
2010/01 | 2009/01 | 2010/01 - 2009/01 | |
1000 persons | Per cent (%) | ||
Unemployed job seekers | 297 | 246 | 20,4 |
– unemployed over a year | 50 | 41 | 21,3 |
Total measures | 78 | 77 | 1,4 |
– employed with subsidised measures | 30 | 34 | –12,5 |
– in labour market training | 31 | 28 | 10,5 |
– in trainee and job alternation places | 17 | 15 | 16,5 |
New vacancies at employment and economic development offices | 38 | 45 | –15,4 |
Unrounded figures are used in the Change column. |
Contact information for the Ministry of Employment and the
Economy:
Mr Petri Syvänen, tel. +359 10 604 8050, http://www.tem.fi/employmentbulletin
Links
Tables of the Labour Force Survey: http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/tyti/tau_en.html
Differences between the Labour Force Survey and the Employment Service Statistics are explained in the quality description of the Labour Force Survey.
Latest seasonally adjusted employment figures published by the EU can be found under the theme of Population and social conditions on Eurostat's home page http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu.
Job vacancy survey: http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/atp/index_en.html
Source: Labour force survey 2010, January. Statistics Finland
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Appendix tables
- 1.1 Key indicators in the Labour Force Survey by sex 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 1.2 Population aged 15-74 by labour force status and sex 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 1.3 Population aged 15-74 by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 2.1 Labour force participation rate by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 2.2 Labour force by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.1 Employment rate by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.2 Employed persons by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.3 Employed persons by status in employment 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.4 Employed persons by employer sector 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.5 Employed persons by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.6 Proportion of part-time employed persons in all employed persons by sex 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 3.7 Part-time employed persons by sex 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 4.1 Employees by type of employment relationship (%) 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 4.2 Employees by type of employment relationship 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 5.1 Unemployment rate by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 5.2 Unemployed persons by sex and age 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 5.3 Unemployment rate by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) 2010/01 - 2009/01 (23.2.2010)
- 6.1 Seasonally adjusted trends 2010/01 (23.2.2010)
- Figures
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- 1.1 Employed and trend of employed (23.2.2010)
- 1.2 Employment rate and trend of employment rate (23.2.2010)
- 2.1 Unemployed and trend of unemployed (23.2.2010)
- 2.2 Unemployment rate and trend of unemployment rate (23.2.2010)
- Quality descriptions
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- Quality Description: Labour force survey (23.2.2010)
Updated 23.02.2010
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. January 2010. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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