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Published: 6 November 2012

Youth unemployment rate 20 per cent in 2011

According to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey, from 1995 onwards the number of employed persons went up almost continuously up to the year 2008. Towards the end of 2008, employment started to decline and in 2011, the annual average number of employed persons was 57,000 lower than in 2008. Employment situation improved among young people in 2011 but is still clearly worse than prior to the downturn that started in 2008.

The rate of unemployment among young people aged 15 to 24 was 20.1 per cent in 2011, having been 21.4 per cent in the year before. During the past two decades, the youth unemployment rate has been under 20 per cent only a couple of times. In recent years, the unemployment rate has been clearly lower among young women than among young men.

Employment rate among young people was 39.1 per cent in 2011, and had gone up by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. Since the year 2000, young women’s employment rate has been slightly higher than young men’s.

Unemployment rate among young people aged 15 to 24 by sex in 1989–2011

Link: Concepts and definitions used in the Finnish Labour Force Survey

Source: Labour force survey 2011. Statistics Finland

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Reviews

• 1 Introduction (6.11.2012)
• 2 Employment and unemployment in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• 3 Families and work in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• 4 Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards (6.11.2012)
• 5 Concepts and definitions used in the Finnish Labour Force Survey (6.11.2012)
• 6 Classifications (6.11.2012)
• 7 Notes to the appendix tables (6.11.2012)

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• Appendix table 1. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 2. Active population by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 3. Activity rates by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 4. Inactive population by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 5. Employed persons by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 6. Employment rates by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 7. Employed persons aged 15-64 and employment rates by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2009 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 8. Employed persons aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 9. Employed person aged 15-74 by educational level and sex in 2002 - 2010 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 10. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and sex in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 11. Employees and self-employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 12. Employed persons aged 15-74 by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 13. Employees aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 14. Part-time employed persons by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 15. Part-time employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 16. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 17. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) employment relationship by sex in 2002 - 2011, % (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 18. Hours actually worked, including hours worked at secondary jobs, of employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 19. Hours actually worked, including hours worked at secondary jobs, of employees aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 20. Hours actually worked per employed by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 21. Hours actually worked per employee by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2007 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 22. Unemployed persons by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 23. Unemployment rates by age and sex in 2002 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 24. Unemployed persons aged 15-74 and unemployment rates by Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2009 - 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 25. Unemployment rates by educational level and sex in 2002 - 2010, persons aged 15-74 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 26. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status, age and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 27. Population aged 15-74 by labour force status, age and sex in 2011, % (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 28. Population aged 15-64 by labour force status and region (2011) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 29. Employed persons aged 15-74 by status in employment, age and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 30. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 31. Employed persons aged 15-64 by industry (TOL 2008) and age in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 32. Employed persons aged 15-74 by by employer sector and industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 33. Employed persons aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) and Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVI) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 34. Employed persons aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 35. Employees aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 36. Employed persons aged 15-74 having worked at secondary jobs during the survey week by industry (TOL 2008) of main job in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 37. Employees aged 15-74 having paid overtime during the survey week and the proportion of them of all employees by industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 38. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) work by industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 39. Employees aged 15-74 in permanent and temporary (fixed-term) work by employer sector and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 40. Employees aged 15-74 in temporary (fixed-term) work by reason for temporary work and sex in 2011, % (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 41. Full-time and part-time employees aged 15-74 by industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 42. Full-time and part-time employees aged 15-74 by employer sector and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 43. Employees aged 15-74 by type of employment relationship, age and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 44. Different types of employment relationships of employees whose present work has continued less than 12 months by age and sex in 2011, persons aged 15-64, % (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 45. Employed persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 46. Employees persons aged 15-74 by usual weekly working hours in main job and industry (TOL 2008) in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 47. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employed persons aged 15-74 in full-time and part-time work by socio-economic group and sex in 2011 (6.11.2012)
• Appendix table 48. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and employer sector in 2011 (6.11.2012)

Quality descriptions

• Quality Description: Labour force survey (6.11.2012)

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Updated 6.11.2012