Finland’s unemployment rate declined to 9.1% in August 2026 from 9.3% in the same month last year, marking the lowest level since September 2025. The number of unemployed decreased by 5,000 year-on-year to 262,000. By gender, the male unemployment rate remained at 9.2%, while the female rate fell to 8.9%, 0.5 percentage points lower than a year earlier. Among younger workers aged 15–24, the unemployment rate rose to 16.9%, 0.3 percentage points higher year-on-year. Meanwhile, employment increased by 34,000 to 2.628 million, bringing the labour force participation rate to 69.4% from 68.7% a year earlier. The employment rate for those aged 20–64 also climbed to 77.3% from 76.2%.