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Published: 1 April 2014

Employment weakened in 2013

According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, the number of employed persons was 2,457,000 in 2013, which was 27,000 fewer than in 2012. In turn, the number of unemployed persons grew by 12,000 persons from the year before. In 2013, the average number of unemployed persons was 219,000. The unemployment rate was, on average, 8.2 per cent in 2013, having been 7.7 per cent in 2012.

Change from the previous year in the number of employed persons by sex in 1993-2013, persons aged 15 to 74

According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, the number of employed persons was 2,457,000 in 2013, which was 27,000 fewer than in 2012. Unlike in the two previous years, women's employment rate also weakened from 2012 to 2013. The number of employed women decreased by 11,000 persons and that of employed men by 16,000 persons compared to 2012.

At 68.5, the employment rate for the population aged 15 to 64 was 0.5 percentage points lower in 2013 than in the previous year. Men’s employment rate was 69.2 per cent and women’s 67.8 per cent. Men's employment rate went down by 0.6 percentage points and women's by 0.3 percentage points from 2012.

In turn, the number of unemployed persons grew by 12,000 persons in 2013 from the year before. In 2013, the average number of unemployed persons was 219,000, of which 122,000 were men and 97,000 women. The numbers of unemployed men and women both grew by roughly as much.

The unemployment rate was, on average, 8.2 per cent in 2013, having been 7.7 per cent in 2012. Men’s unemployment rate was 8.8 per cent and women’s 7.5 per cent.

In 2013, besides unemployed persons, there were 124,000 persons in the inactive population in so-called disguised unemployment, who would and could have accepted work, but had not looked for it actively. The number of persons in disguised unemployment grew by 11,000 from 2012.

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Source: Labour Force Survey 2013. Statistics Finland

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Reviews

• 1 Introduction (1.4.2014)
• 2 Employment and unemployment in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• 3 Working hours remained almost unchanged in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• 4 Number of persons in the inactive population grew in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• 5 Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards (1.4.2014)
• 6 Concepts and definitions used in the Finnish Labour Force Survey (1.4.2014)
• 7 Classifications (1.4.2014)
• 8 Notes to the appendix tables (1.4.2014)

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Appendix tables

• Appendix table 1. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 2. Active population by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 3. Activity rates by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 4. Inactive population by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 5. Employed persons by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 6. Employment rates by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 7. Employed persons aged 15-64 and employment rates by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 8. Employed persons aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 9. Employed person aged 15-74 by educational level and sex in 2004 - 2012 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 10. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and sex in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 11. Employees and self-employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 12. Employed persons aged 15-74 by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 13. Employees aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 14. Part-time employed persons by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 15. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 16. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 17. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) employment relationship by sex in 2004 - 2013, % (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 18. Hours actually worked, including hours worked at secondary jobs, of employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 19. Hours actually worked, including hours worked at secondary jobs, of employees aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 20. Hours actually worked per employed by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 21. Hours actually worked per employee by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 22. Unemployed persons by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 23. Unemployment rates by age and sex in 2004 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 24. Unemployed persons aged 15-74 and unemployment rates by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2009 - 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 25. Unemployment rates by educational level and sex in 2004 - 2012, persons aged 15-74 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 26. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status, age and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 27. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status, age and sex in 2013, % (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 28. Population aged 15-64 by labour force status and region (2011) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 29. Employed persons aged 15-74 by status in employment, age and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 30. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 31. Employed persons aged 15-64 by industry (TOL 2008) and age in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 32. Employed persons aged 15-74 by by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 33. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 34. Employed persons aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2010) and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 35. Employees aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 36. Employed persons aged 15-74 having worked at secondary jobs during the survey week by industry (TOL 2008) of main job in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 37. Employees aged 15-74 having paid overtime during the survey week and the proportion of them of all employees by industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 38. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) work by industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 39. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) work by employer sector and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 40. Employees aged 15-74 in temporary (fixed-term) work by reason for temporary work and sex in 2013, % (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 41. Full-time and part-time employees aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 42. Full-time and part-time employees aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 43. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship, age and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 44. Different types of employment relationships of employees whose present work has continued less than 12 months by age and sex in 2013, persons aged 15-64, % (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 45. Employed persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 46. Employees persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 47. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employed persons aged 15-74 in full-time and part-time work by socio-economic group and sex in 2013 (1.4.2014)
• Appendix table 48. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and employer sector in 2013 (1.4.2014)

Quality descriptions

• Quality Description: Labour force survey (1.4.2014)

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