Published: 25 June 2013
Unemployment rate 10.8 per cent in May
According to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in May 2013 was 300,000, which was 34,000 higher than one year ago. At 10.8 per cent, the unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than one year earlier. The unemployment figures in the Labour Force Survey are at their highest in May when students enter the labour market. There were 50,000 fewer employed than in May of the previous year.
Unemployment rate and trend of unemployment rate 1989/01 – 2013/05
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In May 2013, the number of employed persons was 2,474,000 (margin of error ±31,000), which was 50,000 lower than a year earlier. There were 29,000 fewer employed men and 21,000 fewer employed women than in May 2012. The number of both self-employed persons and wage and salary earners decreased compared with May 2012.
In May, the employment rate , that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 15 to 64, stood at 68.9 per cent, which was 1.0 percentage point lower than one year before. From last year’s May, men’s employment rate fell by 1.0 percentage point to 69.6 per cent and women’s by 0.9 percentage points to 68.2 per cent. Adjusted for seasonal and random variation, the trend of the employment rate was 68.4 per cent.
According to the Labour Force Survey, there were 300,000 unemployed in May 2013 (margin of error ±20,000), i.e. 34,000 more than in May of the year before. The number of unemployed men was 174,000 and that of women 126,000.
At 10.8 per cent, the unemployment rate in May was 1.3 percentage points higher than one year earlier. Men’s unemployment rate was 12.0 per cent and women’s 9.5 per cent. The trend of the unemployment rate was 8.5 per cent.
In May, there were a total of 657,000 young people aged 15 to 24 . Of them, 265,000 were employed and 144,000 unemployed. Thus, the labour force of young people (employed and unemployed) totalled 409,000. In May, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24, that is, the proportion of the unemployed among the labour force, stood at 35.2 per cent, which was 4.5 percentage points higher than one year previously. The trend of the unemployment rate among young people was 20.9 per cent. The share of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 among the population in the same age group was 21.9 per cent.
In May, the number of the unemployed in the Labour Force Survey is usually higher than in the other months of the year. Young people looking for a summer job and finishing their studies enter the labour market at the same time, which temporarily raises the number of unemployed and the unemployment rate. In May, the trend adjusted for seasonal and random variation gives a better picture of the level of unemployment than monthly estimates.
Changes in employment 2012/05 – 2013/05 according to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey, population aged 15 to 74
Year/Month | Change | ||
2012/05 | 2013/05 | 2012/05 - 2013/05 | |
1000 persons | Per cent, % | ||
Population total | 4 073 | 4 085 | 0,3 |
Active population total | 2 790 | 2 774 | –0,6 |
Employed | 2 525 | 2 474 | –2,0 |
– employees | 2 187 | 2142 | –2,0 |
– self-employed persons and unpaid family workers | 338 | 332 | –1,6 |
Unemployed | 266 | 300 | 12,8 |
Inactive population | 1 283 | 1 311 | 2,2 |
Per cent, % | Percentage points | ||
Employment rate, persons aged 15–64 | 69,9 | 68,9 | –1,0 |
Unemployment rate | 9,5 | 10,8 | 1,3 |
Activity rate | 68,5 | 67,9 | –0,6 |
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 May 2013, there were altogether 269,000 persons registered in accordance with the Employment Office Regulations as job seekers at the employment and economic development offices. The number of unemployed job seekers was 40,000 higher than in May 2012.
Unemployment increased from the previous year's May in the areas of all Employment and Economic Development Centres; most in Pirkanmaa (26%), Uusimaa (23%) and Varsinais-Suomi (21%). At the end of May, the number of temporarily laid off persons registered at the employment and economic development offices was 16,000, which was 5,000 more than twelve months earlier.
The number of persons engaged in services included in the activation stage totalled 109,000 at the end of May, which was 3,000 fewer than in May of the year before. Altogether, 3.9 per cent of the labour force was covered by labour market policy services.
There were 33,000 unemployed job seekers aged under 25 registered at the employment and economic development offices. Their number was 6,000 higher than in last year's May. During May, 42,000 new vacancies were reported to the employment and economic development offices, which is 8,000 fewer than in May 2012.
Changes 2012/05 – 2013/05 according to the Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Year/Month | Change | ||
2012/05 | 2013/05 | 2012/05 - 2013/05 | |
1000 persons | Per cent, % | ||
Unemployed job seekers | 229 | 269 | 17,3 |
– unemployed over a year | 61 | 70 | 15,4 |
Services, total | 113 | 109 | –3,1 |
– employed | 33 | 32 | –2,7 |
– in labour market training, in training | 28 | 28 | –1,5 |
– in trainee places, engaged in work/training trials | 14 | 12 | –12,3 |
– as a job alternation substitute, in rehabilitative work, self-motivated studies supported by unemployment benefit | 38 | 37 | –1,1 |
New vacancies at employment and economic development offices | 50 | 42 | –16,0 |
Unrounded figures are used in the Change column. |
Contact information for the Ministry of Employment and the
Economy:
Petri Syvänen tel. +358 29 504 8050, http://www.tem.fi/employmentbulletin
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Source: Labour force survey 2013, May. Statistics Finland
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Appendix tables
- Appendix table 1. Key indicators in the Labour Force Survey by sex 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 2. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status and sex 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 3. Population by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 4. Active population by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 5. Activity rates by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 6. Employed persons by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 7. Employment rates by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 8. Employed persons aged 15-74 by status in employment 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 9. Employed persons aged 15-74 by employer sector 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 10. Employed persons aged 15-74 by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 11. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by sex 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 12. Proportion of part-time employed persons in all employed persons aged 15-74 by sex 2012/05 - 2013/05, % (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 13. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 14. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship 2012/05 - 2013/05, % (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 15. Unemployed persons by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 16. Unemployment rates by sex and age 2012/05 - 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 17. Unemployment rates by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) 2012/05 - 2013/05, persons aged 15-74 (25.6.2013)
- Appendix table 18. Seasonally adjusted trends 2013/05 (25.6.2013)
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