Employment — national citizens

In 2006, Finland's employment increased by 1.5% compared to 2005, reaching 2,381k.

Finland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 173,476k.

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 1.0% (from 2,359k in 2001).

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