5.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/08 - 2007/08
Year/Month | Change | |||
2008/08 | 2008/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/08 - 2007/08 | |
Per cent (%) | Per cent (%) | Per cent (%) | Percentage points (%) | |
Province | ||||
Whole country (incl. Åland) | 5,6 | 5,2 | 5,9 | -0,4 |
Southern Finland | 4,8 | 4,0 | 4,7 | 0,0 |
Western Finland | 5,7 | 5,4 | 6,1 | -0,4 |
Eastern Finland | 6,6 | 7,3 | 9,2 | -2,6 |
Oulu | 8,0 | 7,3 | 6,6 | 1,4 |
Lapland | 5,1 | 8,0 | 8,9 | -3,9 |
Source: Labour force survey 2008, August. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 23.9.2008
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. August 2008,
5.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/08 - 2007/08
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
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