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2020

Main type of activity and status in occupation

• Long-term unemployment grew in the corona year 2020 (10.3.2022)
• Number of employed persons fell most among young students in 2020 (16.12.2021)
• Majority of growth in the number of unemployed persons from lay-offs in 2020 (28.5.2021)

2019

profession and socio economic position

• Persons having become laid off or unemployed in the corona year 2020 by occupation (18.11.2021)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Large regional differences in the number of employed persons in industries with the highest and lowest pay levels in 2019 (21.10.2021)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Every second unemployed person aged 60 to 64 long-term unemployed (28.5.2020)

Main type of activity and status in occupation

• Number of young people aged 18 to 24 at risk of social exclusion 13,500 in 2019 (8.4.2021)
• Employed persons aged 65 to 74 numbered 31,700 in 2019 (14.12.2020)

2018

profession and socio economic position

• Number of persons working in critical occupations was 735,000 (9.11.2020)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Most common industry for young entrepreneurs in 2018 was construction (16.10.2020)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Unemployment made a downturn even among long-term unemployed (24.5.2019)

Main type of activity and status in occupation

• Large regional differences in employment rate among persons aged 55 to 64 in 2018 (17.4.2020)
• Highest qualification of the unemployed was usually an initial vocational qualification in 2018 (17.12.2019)

2017

profession and socio economic position

• Commuting is common in professional occupations (1.11.2019)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Most common industry for persons with foreign background was general cleaning of buildings in 2017 (3.10.2019)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Average number of unemployment days accumulated over a five-year period 801 for the unemployed at the end of 2017 (25.5.2018)

Main type of activity and status in occupation

• Majority of young adults outside work and education had at least upper secondary qualifications (12.2.2019)
• Unemployment rate of young men higher than that of women in all regions (17.12.2018)

2016

profession and socio economic position

• Share of professionals biggest for Germans and Indians (2.11.2018)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Young people in Kymenlaakso are working or studying less often than others in 2016 (16.2.2018)
• Unemployment higher than average for persons not belonging to a family in 2016 (19.12.2017)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Unemployment made a downturn but the number of persons who had been unemployed the whole year continued growing in 2016 (26.5.2017)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Temporary employment agency activities employ more people than before - growth of jobs in employment activities over 16,000 (21.9.2018)

2015

profession and socio economic position

• Wage and salary earners with families worked most as professionals in 2015 (20.10.2017)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Nearly one-half of central government employees worked outside their municipality of residence in 2015 (27.9.2017)
• A total of 88,000 unemployed found employment in 2015 (17.2.2017)
• Number of unemployed among completers of qualifications in humanities and arts was 19,000 in 2015 (9.12.2016)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Unemployment risk among students trebled in 2015 compared to 1988 (25.5.2016)

2014

profession and socio economic position

• Shop sales assistants became unemployed most commonly in 2015 (4.11.2016)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Number of jobs highest in human health and social work activities in 2014 (28.9.2016)
• Unemployment of persons aged under 25 grew by 15 per cent in 2014 (19.2.2016)
• One in four entrepreneurs is aged over 54 (11.12.2015)

Background information on unemployed persons

• In 2014, 78 per cent of unemployed persons aged over 60 had also been unemployed one year ago (29.5.2015)

2013

profession and socio economic position

• Professional differentiation by sex continued in 2013 (23.10.2015)
• Economic dependency ratio weakened in 2013 (12.3.2015)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• People with foreign background found jobs most often in the industry of cleaning activities in 2013 (2.10.2015)
• Unemployment among highly educated people increased by around 30 per cent from 2012 (16.12.2014)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Risk of unemployment highest for young men in 2013 (5.6.2014)

2012

profession and socio economic position

• Placement of new employed persons in occupations 2012 (6.11.2014)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• Manufacturing industries have lost 76,300 jobs from 2007 to 2012 (10.10.2014)
• Economic dependency ratio rose in 2012 (21.3.2014)

Background information on unemployed persons

• Sixteen per cent of baby boomers at work in 2012 (17.12.2013)
• High level of education protects against unemployment (5.6.2013)

2011

profession and socio economic position

• Every fifth office cleaner of foreign origin in 2011 (6.11.2013)

Industry, employer sector and jobs

• One-fifth of municipalities have over 100 per cent workplace self-sufficiency (9.10.2013)

Main type of activity and status in occupation

• Two-thirds of mothers of children aged under three employed (22.3.2013)
• The employment rate of people with foreign origin was 53.3 per cent (18.12.2012)

2010

Profession and socio economic position

• Share of professionals and associate professionals highest in Uusimaa (23.11.2012)