Appendix table 5. Number of persons who were unemployed at the end of 2017 and the share of long-term unemployed by region

Region	Unemployed	Long-term unemployed	Share of long-term unemployed, %
Åland	573	93	16.2
South Karelia	8,339	2,394	28.7
South Ostrobothnia	8,034	1,433	17.8
Etelä-Savo	8,168	2,169	26.6
Kainuu	4,722	1,075	22.8
Kanta-Häme	8,311	2,412	29.0
Central Ostrobothnia	2,770	669	24.2
Central Finland	17,810	4,452	25.0
Kymenlaakso	11,826	3,728	31.5
Lapland	10,992	2,913	26.5
Pirkanmaa	28,724	9,357	32.6
Ostrobothnia	6,366	1,783	28.0
North Karelia	11,585	3,851	33.2
North Ostrobothnia	23,746	6,971	29.4
Pohjois-Savo	13,500	4,051	30.0
Päijät-Häme	13,354	4,819	36.1
Satakunta	11,404	3,308	29.0
Uusimaa	81,371	27,795	34.2
Varsinais-Suomi	24,901	7,815	31.4
Whole country	296,496	91,088	30.7

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.5.2018

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment [e-publication].
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