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Appendix table 43. Unemployment rates by region (2011) 2017/I - 2018/I

  Year/Quarter Change
2017/I 2018/I 2017/I - 2018/I
Per cent, % Per cent, % Percentage points
Region      
Whole country (incl. Åland) 9,3 8,8 -0,6
Uusimaa 8,2 7,7 -0,5
Varsinais-Suomi 9,2 8,4 -0,8
Satakunta 7,8 9,2 1,4
Kanta-Häme 6,4 9,0 2,6
Pirkanmaa 11,6 11,4 -0,2
Päijät-Häme 9,5 8,7 -0,8
Kymenlaakso 12,8 10,1 -2,7
South Karelia 10,5 10,6 0,1
Etelä-Savo 14,0 10,8 -3,3
Pohjois-Savo 7,1 9,3 2,2
North Karelia 12,4 12,3 -0,1
Central Finland 12,4 10,1 -2,4
South Ostrobothnia 7,7 6,3 -1,3
Ostrobothnia 5,2 6,5 1,3
Central Ostrobothnia 3,8 6,9 3,2
North Ostrobothnia 10,8 8,1 -2,7
Kainuu 15,2 13,5 -1,7
Lapland 11,6 9,1 -2,5

Source: Labour force survey 2018, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 24.4.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. March 2018, Appendix table 43. Unemployment rates by region (2011) 2017/I - 2018/I . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2018/03/tyti_2018_03_2018-04-24_tau_043_en.html