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PRESS RELEASE |
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26 July 2022 |
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259,800 unemployed
jobseekers in June
The
number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 56,400. The number of new
vacancies reported in June totalled 94,300. In all, the number of unfilled
vacancies amounted to 189,700, which is 44,400 more than a year ago.
At the end of June, a total of 259,800
unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic
Development Offices and municipalities participating in the local government
pilots on employment. This is 56,400 fewer than a year earlier and 24,400 more
than in the previous month.
Of the unemployed jobseekers, 142,500, or
21,000 fewer than in June a year ago, were customers of municipalities
participating in the local government pilots on employment. The number of
unemployed jobseekers also includes those fully laid off. These figures are
from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Employment.
At the end of June, the number of people laid
off was 18,100 in the whole country, which was 29,200 fewer than at the same
time the year before. The number of people fully laid off totalled 12,400,
representing a decrease of 21,700 from June the year before. The number of
people fully laid off increased by 400 from May.
95,500
unemployed in the long term
The number of long-term unemployed – i.e.
those who had been unemployed without interruption for at least a year –
amounted to 95,500, down 16,900 on the previous year. The number of unemployed
jobseekers aged over 50 was 95,200, or 16,400 fewer than at the same time a
year earlier.
Unemployed jobseekers under 25 years of age
numbered 29,800, representing a decrease of 10,600 from June last year. Of the
unemployment periods of youths, 61.3 per cent ended before reaching three
months between January and June. This is 3.2 percentage points less than the
year before.
Increase
in new vacancies
The number of new vacancies reported during
June totalled 94,300, or 15,300 more than in June the previous year. In all,
the number of unfilled vacancies in June amounted to 189,700, which is 44,400
more than a year ago.
At the end of June, the number of persons
covered by services included in the activation rate amounted to 103,400, down
500 on the previous year. These services include pay subsidies,
labour market training, rehabilitative work and self-motivated
studies.
Statistics Finland: The trend of the unemployment
rate 6.4%
According to the Labour Force Survey
issued by Statistics Finland, in June the number of people in employment was
52,000 more than on the previous year. The trend of the employment rate was
74.0%, which was 1.8 percentage points higher than in June the year before.
According to the Survey, the unemployment total was 200,000, which is 20,000
less than a year ago. The trend of the unemployment rate was 6.4%, or 1.5
percentage points lower than the previous year.
Key differences between Employment Service Statistics
and the Labour Force Survey
This information is based on the Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Employment’s Employment Service Statistics and the Labour
Force Survey of Statistics Finland. The Employment Service Statistics of the
Ministry are compiled on the basis of the information in the Employment and
Economic Development Offices’ customer register, while the Labour Force
Survey of Statistics Finland is based on sampling.
In the employment service statistics of the
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment persons that are not in employment
relationship or employed in business are listed as unemployed. Persons fully
laid-off but not full-time students are also categorised as unemployed in the
Employment Service Statistics. The Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland
has a stricter definition of being unemployed: a person is unemployed if he or
she has actively sought employment during the preceding four weeks and is
available for work over the coming two weeks. The figures of the Labour Force
Survey of Statistics Finland are internationally comparable and thus they are
the official Finnish unemployment statistics.
Further
information on the differences in the statistics https://www.stat.fi/en/statistics/documentation/tyti
Inquiries:
Heikki Räisänen, Research Director, Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Employment, tel. +358 29 504 7118
Links:
Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment https://tem.fi/en/employment-bulletin
Key definitions of the Employment Service Statistics
http://tem.fi/en/release-dates-of-statistics-and-description-and-quality-description
Information on the Employment Service Statistics is available in the StatFin statistical database: https://statfin.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/
Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland: https://www.stat.fi/en/statistics/tyti