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Appendix table 55. Unemployment rates by educational level and sex in 2017 - 2019, persons aged 15-74 ¹⁾

		Year			Change
		2017	2018	2019	2018/2019
		Per cent, %	Per cent, %	Per cent, %	Percentage points
Sex	Level of education
Both sexes	Total	8,6	7,4	6,7	-0,7
	Upper secondary education (3,4)	9,6	8,0	7,1	-1,0
	Tertiary education total (5,6,7,8)	5,3	4,2	3,9	-0,2
	- lowest level tertiary education (5)	5,3	4,7	3,7	-1,0
	- lower university level (6)	5,5	4,5	4,5	0,0
	- higher university or doctorate level (7,8)	5,3	3,5	3,5	0,0
	No post-basic level education or level of education unknown	16,7	15,8	15,6	-0,1
Males	Total	8,9	7,4	7,2	-0,2
	Upper secondary education (3,4)	9,7	7,6	7,3	-0,4
	Tertiary education total (5,6,7,8)	5,3	4,1	4,3	0,1
	- lowest level tertiary education (5)	5,1	5,2	4,5	-0,8
	- lower university level (6)	6,1	4,3	4,8	0,5
	- higher university or doctorate level (7,8)	4,7	3,3	3,5	0,3
	No post-basic level education or level of education unknown	14,6	14,5	14,7	0,2
Females	Total	8,4	7,3	6,2	-1,1
	Upper secondary education (3,4)	9,5	8,6	6,8	-1,8
	Tertiary education total (5,6,7,8)	5,3	4,2	3,7	-0,5
	- lowest level tertiary education (5)	5,4	4,3	3,2	-1,1
	- lower university level (6)	4,9	4,7	4,2	-0,4
	- higher university or doctorate level (7,8)	5,7	3,7	3,5	-0,2
	No post-basic level education or level of education unknown	20,3	17,9	17,2	-0,7

1) Starting from 2018, education data are from the Register of Completed Education and Degrees for the year before the survey year. Education data for previous years are from the Register of Completed Education and Degrees in the survey year.

Source: Labour force survey 2019, December. Statistics Finland

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