Employees in Finland
Finland: Employees was 2,284 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees in Finland, 1997–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Finland recorded 2,284 for employees in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees in Finland peaked at 2,297 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,792, in 1997.
Finland ranks 64th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Employees in Finland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1,792 | — |
| 1998 | 1,861 | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 2,011 | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 2,047 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,091 | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 2,097 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,094 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,087 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,123 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,140 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,166 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,219 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,126 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 2,107 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,150 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,155 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,123 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 2,128 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,089 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2,110 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,151 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,213 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,228 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,188 | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 2,215 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,275 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 2,294 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,297 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,284 | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,888 | 1,792 | 2,011 | 3 |
| 2000s | 2,119 | 2,047 | 2,219 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,145 | 2,089 | 2,228 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,259 | 2,188 | 2,297 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More work & labour data for Finland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3571 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.35 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.3641 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.59 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2994 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,282 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 583.99 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,261 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,341 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 4,601 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees in Finland?
- Employees in Finland was 2,284 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employees recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,297 in 2024.
- What is the lowest employees recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,792 in 1997.
- How does Finland rank for employees?
- Finland ranks 64th out of 114 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. Data disaggregated by occupation are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). Data may have been regrouped from the national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCO. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.