Employment — national citizens

In 2009, Finland's employment decreased by 3.0% compared to 2008, reaching 2,377k.

Finland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 174,567k.

Finland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 2,336k in 2004).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.