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Employment rate

The ratio of employed persons to the same-age population. In the employment statistics, the employment rate is calculated from the population aged 18 to 64.



Statistics using the definition

Validity of the definition

  • Valid

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

The employment rate is calculated as the ratio of employed persons to the population of the same age.



Statistics using the definition

Validity of the definition

  • Valid

The ratio of employed persons to the population of the same age. The employment rate of the total population is calculated as the ratio of 15 to 64-year-old employed persons to the population of the same age.



Statistics using the definition

Validity of the definition

  • 1 January 1959 - 31 January 2023

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

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