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11.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/IV - 2007/IV

  Year/Quarter Change
2008/IV 2008/III 2007/IV 2008/IV - 2007/IV
Per cent (%) Per cent (%) Per cent (%) Percentage points (%)
Province        
Whole country (incl. Åland) 6,0 5,6 6,1 -0,1
Southern Finland 4,8 4,9 4,5 0,3
Western Finland 6,0 5,5 5,9 0,2
Eastern Finland 7,0 6,9 10,0 -3,0
Oulu 9,2 7,4 8,8 0,4
Lapland 10,2 7,5 12,0 -1,8

Source: Labour force survey 2008, December. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.01.2009

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. December 2008, 11.3 Unemployment rate by province 2008/IV - 2007/IV . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
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