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Labor Force Participation Rate for Finland, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.68%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -7.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Finland was 59.68% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 64.74% in 1990. The lowest was 58.55% in 2016 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.23% per year.
Finland ranks 106 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Finland sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.68%
First (1990)
64.74%
Change
-7.8%
Highest
64.74%
in 1990
Lowest
58.55%
in 2016
Average
60.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.23%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.68% |
| 2024 | 59.85% |
| 2023 | 60.28% |
| 2022 | 60.42% |
| 2021 | 59.77% |
| 2020 | 58.85% |
| 2019 | 59.18% |
| 2018 | 59.31% |
| 2017 | 58.67% |
| 2016 | 58.55% |
| 2015 | 58.76% |
| 2014 | 58.74% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.