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Revisions in these statistics

Due to the revision of the Labour Force Survey that entered into force at the beginning of 2021, the data for January and February 2020 and 2021 were preliminary and they became revised due to revised methods. All data were first released as corrected on 4 May 2021.

A small difference in the definition of the unemployed was detected between the data that are delivered to Eurostat and the national data, as was discovered in connection with the data revision. For this reason, the data were republished on 27 July 2021.

Revisions to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey estimates 2020/01, 2020/02, 2021/01 and 2021/02, persons aged 15 to 74

	Year/month	Estimate, 1000 persons
		Releases 2.3.2021 ja 30.3.2021	Release 4.5.2021	Release 27.7.2021
Population total	2020/01	4 132	4 132	4 132
	2020/02	4 132	4 132	4 132
	2021/01	4 127	4 127	4 127
	2021/02	4 127	4 127	4 127
Active population total	2020/01	2 727	2 705	2 705
	2020/02	2 672	2 663	2 663
	2021/01	2 707	2 680	2 682
	2021/02	2 701	2 701	2 705
Employed	2020/01	2 534	2 514	2 514
	2020/02	2 487	2 479	2 479
	2021/01	2 473	2 445	2 445
	2021/02	2 481	2 481	2 481
Unemployed	2020/01	194	192	192
	2020/02	185	185	185
	2021/01	235	235	237
	2021/02	220	220	224
Inactive population	2020/01	1 404	1 426	1 426
	2020/02	1 460	1 469	1 469
	2021/01	1 420	1 447	1 445
	2021/02	1 426	1 426	1 422
		Per cent, %		Percentage points
Employment rate, persons aged 15–64	2020/01	71,9	71,3	71,3
	2020/02	70,3	70,0	70,0
	2021/01	69,9	69,1	69,1
	2021/02	70,0	70,0	70,0
Unemployment rate	2020/01	7,1	7,1	7,1
	2020/02	6,9	6,9	6,9
	2021/01	8,7	8,8	8,8
	2021/02	8,1	8,1	8,3
Activity rate	2020/01	66,0	65,5	65,5
	2020/02	64,7	64,4	64,4
	2021/01	65,6	64,9	65,0
	2021/02	65,5	65,5	65,5

Source: Labour force survey 2021, June. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Pertti Taskinen 029 551 2690, Ulla Hannula 029 551 2924, tyovoimatutkimus@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

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Updated 27.7.2021