Trend of Finland’s unemployment rate has risen higher than during Covid-19

THE TREND of the unemployment rate crept up to 8.7 per cent in Finland in October, according to the latest labour force survey carried out by Statistics Finland.

Reflecting the ratio of unemployed people to the 15-74-year-old population after adjusting for random and seasonal variation, the trend represents an increase of 0.1 percentage points from September 2024 and one of 1.1 points from October 2023.