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5.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/02 - 2007/02

  Year/Month Change
2008/02 2008/01 2007/02 2008/02 - 2007/02
Per cent (%) Per cent (%) Per cent (%) Percentage points (%)
Province        
Whole country (incl. Åland) 6,4 6,8 7,5 -1,1
Southern Finland 5,7 5,5 6,0 -0,3
Western Finland 6,0 6,4 7,6 -1,5
Eastern Finland 8,8 11,1 11,1 -2,3
Oulu 7,2 9,7 8,7 -1,5
Lapland 11,0 9,8 14,5 -3,5

Source: Labour force survey 2008, February. Statistics Finland

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Updated 18.3.2008

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. February 2008, 5.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/02 - 2007/02 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2008/02/tyti_2008_02_2008-03-18_tau_017_en.html