Number of employed almost unchanged in the third quarter of 2023 compared to one year ago

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release 24/10/2023 | Labour force survey 2023, 3rd quarter

Correction

Industry data of the labour force survey for the third quarter of 2023 and corrected industry data for the first and second quarters have been published

Change

New database table for the Labour Force Survey on the reason for part-time work

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Change

Labour Force Survey data by industry will not be published in connection with the release of data for the third quarter of 2023. We will publish the industry data for the third quarter and the corrected industry data for the first and second quarters of 2023 as soon as possible.

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According to Statistics Finland's labour force survey, the number of employed persons in the third quarter of 2023 (July to September) was 3,000 higher than in the corresponding quarter of 2022. The number of unemployed increased by 6,000 persons.

Population aged 15 to 74 by labour force status in the third quarter of 2022 and 2023

	2022/Q3, 1000 persons	2023/Q3, 1000 persons	Change, 2022/Q3 - 2023/Q3, 1000 persons	Change, 2022/Q3 - 2023/Q3, %
Population total	4 118	4 131	13	0,3
Active population total	2 826	2 835	9	0,3
- employed	2 638	2 641	3	0,1
- unemployed	189	195	6	3,2
Inactive population	1 292	1 295	4	0,3

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The average number of employed persons in the third quarter of 2023 was 2,641,000, which was 3,000 more than in the corresponding period of 2022.
There were 24,000 more employed women and 21,000 fewer employed men than in the third quarter of 2022.
The number of hours worked by employed persons decreased by 1.3 per cent in July to September 2023 compared to the year before.

Number of hours worked decreased slightly

In the third quarter (July to September) of 2023, the average number of employed persons was 2,641,000 or 3,000 more than in the corresponding quarter of 2022.

The number of hours worked by employed persons was 976.5 million hours in the third quarter of 2023, which was 1.3 per cent less than a year ago.

Share of persons working part-time decreased

In the third quarter of 2023, altogether 473,000 employed persons worked part-time, which was 17.9 per cent of all employed. The share was 0.4 percentage points lower than one year earlier.

Of those working part-time, 108,000, or 22.8 per cent, worked part-time because full-time work was not available. The number of persons in this group decreased by 9,000 compared to the corresponding period of the year before.

Number of unemployed grew slightly

The average number of unemployed persons in the third quarter of 2023 was 195,000, which was 6,000 more than in July to September 2022. The unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2023 was 6.9 per cent, having been 6.7 per cent one year earlier.

In July to September 2023, the number of persons in the inactive population was 1,295,000, which was 4,000 more than a year earlier.