Table 2. Number of long-term unemloyed by field and level of education in 2020 and 2019

Field of education	2020 Tertiary level or lowest level tertiary	2020 Upper secondary level	2020 Total	2019 Tertiary level or lowest level tertiary	2019 Upper secondary level	2019 Total
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	481	1,738	2,219	356	1,145	1,501
Arts and humanities	2,976	2,507	5,483	2,033	1,704	3,737
Business, administration and law	6,638	4,856	11,494	4,821	3,290	8,111
Education	715	67	782	478	45	523
Engineering, manufacturing and construction	4,020	16,731	20,751	2,965	11,421	14,386
Generic programmes and qualifications	0	5,629	5,629	0	3,947	3,947
Health and welfare	1,511	3,177	4,688	1,067	2,118	3,185
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	1,767	1,847	3,614	1,305	1,270	2,575
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	785	144	929	605	102	707
Other fields of education	164	135	299	113	88	201
Services	652	7,457	8,109	448	4,807	5,255
Social sciences, journalism and information	1,183	25	1,208	801	16	817
Total	20,892	44,313	65,205	14,992	29,953	44,945

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

Updated 10.3.2022

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment [e-publication].
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