Finland Records Highest Unemployment Rate in the EU Again
Finland unemployment reached 10.3 percent in August, giving the country the highest unemployment rate among EU member states for the latest month measured by Eurostat. Spain followed at 10.0 percent, while Sweden recorded 8.7 percent. The figures were published by Eurostat on October 1 and cover August 2026. Across the European Union, the unemployment rate […]
Finland Stands Alone at the Top of Europe’s Worst Unemployment Rate Table
Finland unemployment rate reached 10.5% in July, leaving the country with the highest rate in the euro area and the highest among EU countries with monthly unemployment data available, according to figures published by Eurostat. The Finnish rate was unchanged from June and remained far above the euro-area average of 6.4%. Spain recorded the second-highest […]
Finland Unemployment Rate Hits Highest Level in the Whole of Europe
Finland unemployment rate has climbed to the highest level in the European Union, marking a rare and uncomfortable position for a country long associated with labour market stability. According to newly released Eurostat figures, Finland recorded a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 10.6 percent in November 2025. This places the country ahead of Spain, which […]
Finland Economy 2025 Faces Weak Growth But Recovery Possible By 2026
Finland economy 2025 is projected to move forward only slowly, with Danske Bank warning that a full recovery will not arrive until 2026. The bank expects GDP to grow by just 0.9 percent in 2025, followed by 2.0 percent growth the year after. High unemployment, low consumer confidence, and trade tensions are named as the […]
Long-Term Unemployment in Finland Leaves Jobseekers Struggling
Long-term unemployment in Finland has climbed to its highest point in more than 20 years, according to new data published by Statistics Finland. In July, 128,900 people had been without work for more than a year. This was an increase of 30,200 compared with the same month last year. Of those, 62,100 people had been […]
Finland Employment Crisis Deepens as 64,000 Jobs Vanish
The Finland employment crisis is hitting harder than expected, and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo admits it. Speaking from New York, where he attended the UN High-Level Political Forum, Orpo called the latest job numbers distressing but insisted they are the result of global disruption, not his government’s failures. Statistics Finland reported that 64,000 jobs have […]
Finland Unemployment Rises With Nearly 300,000 Unemployed; Women Affected the Most!
Finland unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025. The increase marks a significant shift from the same period last year, when the jobless rate stood at 9.3 percent. According to fresh data from Statistics Finland, around 297,000 people were recorded as unemployed between April and June this year. That’s 27,000 […]