The number of employed people aged 15 to 74 was 25,000 lowered in January 2026 than one year ago, according to Statistics Finland.
The number of unemployed persons in the same age group was 26,000 higher in January 2026 compared to the previous year.
The trend of the employment rate among persons aged 20 to 64 was 75.7 per cent. The trend of the unemployment rate among persons aged 15 to 74 was 10.3 per cent.
In January 2026, the number of employed persons aged 15 to 74 was 2,531,000 (margin of error ±29,000). Compared to January last year, the number of employed men was 23,000 lower and the number of employed women was unchanged.
The non-seasonally adjusted employment rate, that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 20 to 64, stood at 74.8 per cent, having been 75.8 per cent in this age group one year earlier.
The employment rate of men aged 20 to 64 fell by 1.8 percentage points to 74.1 per cent and the employment rate of women fell by 0.3 percentage points to 75.4 per cent from one year ago.
The employment rate of persons aged 20 to 69 fell by 1.1 percentage points from last year's January to 69.2 per cent.
In January 2026, the number of unemployed persons aged 15 to 74 was 295,000 (margin of error ±23,000). The number of unemployed men was 166,000 and that of unemployed women 129,000.
In January, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of persons aged 15 to 74, or the proportion of the unemployed among the labour force stood at 10.4 per cent, having been 9.5 per cent one year earlier.
The unemployment rate of men stood at 11.5 per cent, which was 1.3 percentage points higher than one year before. The unemployment rate of women stood at 9.4 per cent, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than in the previous year.
In January, the share of the unemployed aged 15 to 24 among the labour force stood at 23.7 per cent, which was 3.6 percentage points higher than one year earlier. The trend of the unemployment rate among young people was 22.8 per cent. The share of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 among the population in the same age group was 10.7 per cent.
There were 1,348,000 persons aged 15 to 74 in the inactive population in January 2026, which was 9,000 more than one year earlier. There were 11,000 more men and almost as many women in the inactive population compared to one year earlier.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
