Employment — national citizens

In 2008, Finland's employment increased by 1.3% compared to 2007, reaching 2,451k.

Finland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

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 4.4% (from 2,347k in 2003).

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