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Unemployment Rate for Finland, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.46%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +45.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Finland was 9.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.00% in 1995. The lowest was 6.37% in 2008 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.11% per year.
Finland ranks 40 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Finland sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 44% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.46%
First (1991)
6.50%
Change
+45.5%
Highest
17.00%
in 1995
Lowest
6.37%
in 2008
Average
9.84%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.11%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.46% |
| 2024 | 8.4% |
| 2023 | 7.15% |
| 2022 | 6.72% |
| 2021 | 7.62% |
| 2020 | 7.76% |
| 2019 | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 7.36% |
| 2017 | 8.64% |
| 2016 | 8.82% |
| 2015 | 9.38% |
| 2014 | 8.66% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.